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...come became apparent when Jones, in his first collegiate game against Springfield, accounted for seven kills and five digs. And while the promise of playing time drew Jones to the Crimson in the first place, the unexpected departure of prized recruit Nikola Ivica pushed the freshman further into the limelight and on to the front lines of a depleted team roster.Always the opportunist, Jones quickly relished his elevated role. “It doesn’t really matter to me where I play,” Jones says. “At the beginning of the season, Coach decided...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Freshman Keeps Harvard in Hunt | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

Listen, if people appreciate your work, there's nothing nicer. When I was young, I did a big TV show in England called Chancer. I kind of got thrown into the limelight, so I went through a period of finding a way of dealing with it. When things opened up in the States for me, it was less disorienting than it would have been if I hadn't had that experience. But I think most parents stay grounded. My kids keep me very much in check, really. I have very low status in my house. The days are full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Clive Owen | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

Kirkland resident Abel Acuña '11 and Pforzheimer's Johnathan M. Brugal '10 may be stealing some of the limelight from Harvard Hooligans. The duo's first foray into YouTube notoriety consists of a single one-minute music video. In the film, called "Harvard Bros", the two traipse around some of Harvard's most austere icons, singing about genitalia...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir | Title: Videos and "Harvard Bros" | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

Ichiro Ozawa says that he's fond of working at practical things, that he "doesn't like to be showy on the stage." He had better get used to the limelight. If current polling trends continue and if - a big if - he can avoid a fatal taint from the latest of Japan's money-politics scandals, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) could soon be Japan's next Prime Minister. An election for the lower house of the Diet has to be called by Sept. 10, but the surmise in Tokyo is that it may come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ozawa: The Man Who Wants to Save Japan | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

...Klatten, whose fortune is estimated at some $12.6 billion, the episode has been a major public embarrassment. By stepping into the limelight, however, the reclusive billionaire has won the hearts of women conned by similar scam artists. In one of her rare statements on the case, Klatten declared that she had defended herself "in the name of all of the women of my family and in the name of many other women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Swiss Gigolo and the German Billionaire | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

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