Word: limelighted
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After a minor slump in the 1980-81 and 1981-82 seasons, last year's edition, led by Wiener and Massey, re-entered the limelight, reaching the semifinals or better in five major tournaments and grabbing a share of fifth in the national debate tournament. This year, they've been in a league almost by themselves. Losing in the finals to pre-season favorite Dartmouth, the prestigious University of Kentucky tourney, the dynamic duo have established the best mark in the country, finishing first at Wake Forest, second at Emory, and fifth at Georgetown, Overall in debate rounds they...
...Americans will agree with him when he says it was "the right thing to do." His is the stuff that heroes are made from. So what will Jesse do now? If he can keep the American public asking that question, Jackson has a chance to stay in the limelight...
...videomakers tend, with suitable modifications for ego, to go along with this sort of businesslike evaluation. Simon Fields, head of the Los Angeles branch of London's Limelight Productions, has produced more than 300 videos, and says, "We have to remember we are making a sales tool. These are little commercials. It is our job to make an artist look good." Even so, the skill of the videomakers often seems secondary to the music they visualize. Says Mallet: "You can make a good video of a bad record, and it doesn't do a thing...
...delegate-selection process discriminated against outsiders like himself, Jackson demanded major reforms before the primaries begin. In so doing, he became a lightning rod for other disaffected long shots. Hart, Rollings and George McGovern all jumped to second Jackson's complaints. Hart was so enthralled by the limelight shining on Jackson that he decided to share it, and word spread that he would begin making joint appearances with the charismatic preacher. "The rules make the party undemocratic," charged McGovern. "They help a front runner, a candidate with money who is first...
...English born and Oxford educated Knowles also is pursed for personal assets, stick as an eloquent public speaking number and it gilt for diplomacy. Moreover, as some one who has stayed out of the limelight especially on sabbatical this year. Knowles seems to have avoided gelling involved in contentious issues that divide Faculty opinion...