Word: limelighted
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...buildup to the Iraq invasion brought the roadmap back into the limelight, with the Bush administration promising to release it after the war in response to pressure from European and Arab allies who openly or tacitly backed the U.S. on Iraq but needed political cover. And after the war, President Bush made good on his promise. Many saw the document as deeply flawed. For one thing, despite being referred to as a "map," it fails even in the most general terms to specify the boundaries of the two-state separation that is its ostensible destination. But it does contain essential...
...even as Krish has breakdanced with a crew in the Square, stolen the limelight at the B.J. show, sparred verbally with Jackie Chan at Cultural Rhythms and reigned over his House as Miss Pfoho, he has found the time to learn more about the person he is becoming...
Most agree that there are myriad women—past and present—who have made great contributions to the history of Harvard and yet remain conspicuously out of the limelight...
Citing what she describes as “this false sort of fame that I have,” Portman has shied from the public limelight during her time at the College, instead contributing quietly to the Harvard community...
...book on the stands, Lévy is once again ensconced in unabashed glamour on the Left Bank. He and Dombasle also own a palace in Marrakech, purchased from the actor Alain Delon. Universally known in France as BHL, he is not shy about putting himself in any available limelight, from Vanity Fair and Paris Match to the pop-culture talk show Everybody's Talking About It. "BHL has learned the lessons of Dubya: pile it on from the first day," hissed the satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné. "Hit the masses with shock...