Word: limelighted
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...supposedly orchestrated the retirement of Jordan on Oct. 6, 1993, because of his heavy gambling debts. The given reasons at the time were that Michael was fresh out of challenges, having won his third straight N.B.A. title, and that he wanted to get his family away from the limelight after the murder of his father. But during the press conference that day at the Berto Center, the Bulls' training facility in Deerfield, Illinois, Jordan surmised that he might return "if the urge comes back, if the Bulls will have me and David Stern lets me back in the league." Sometimes...
...underground into the glare of publicity and opprobrium. If he suffered a bit less for his declaration than other entertainers might have, it's because his appeal is not primarily sexual; the glitter and sartorial outrage conceal an ordinary, football-loving guy with an extraordinary love of the limelight. For all the tabloid titters, England realizes this; it has virtually made John its official Ambassador of Fun. He has performed for all branches of the Royal Family, and is a favorite dancing partner of Princess Diana. But John says he doesn't enjoy going to most parties anymore "because people...
...they thought. When she was arrested on a drug possession charge last year, many people could not understand how this could have happened. After living in the limelight and constantly receiving public appraisal, how could this not have happened...
Nash's own "Waltz for Mia," was next on the program. "Got a minute?" Smith joked--presumably referring to Chopin's work--after Bellson his horn, but Stamm stole the limelight with an incredibly structured and virtuosic set of choruses, passing from faultless lines of eighth notes to sixteenths and back again. Smith's playing placed him somewhere between pianists Bill Evans and Dave Brubeck, although at times he exchanged their characteristic refinement for a little full-blown stomping...
Despite Baker's accomplishments, he was reluctant to put himself in the limelight, colleagues...