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Notoriety is nothing new for Harvard Law School professors, but first-year law student Eric P. Liu seems to have a monopoly on the limelight these days...

Author: By Frank T. Apodaca, | Title: From the White House to the Classroom | 9/27/1994 | See Source »

...although the period was a major turning point in the pursuit of racial equality, gender issues did not enter the limelight until later, said Lichtman...

Author: By Margaret Isa, | Title: Civil Rights Leaders Discuss Movement | 9/14/1994 | See Source »

Poppy brings the house down when she is finally pushed over the edge at the end of the second act. Tim has his moment in the limelight when, called upon to understudy the drunken Selsdon, he finds himself one ofthreeburglars center stage reciting Selsdon's lines...

Author: By Sorelle B. Braun, | Title: 'Noises' On | 8/19/1994 | See Source »

...four times a week, and he says: "The thing about writing at my age is you know when you're bad. But the thing about a column is you don't have any excuse for not writing." The columns have never been widely syndicated, and Kempton has shunned the limelight of TV punditry. Nor has he ever been granted the prestige of writing for, say, the New York Times. He does not regret it. "I like writing for the tabloids," he says. "I like being not over- conscious about the importance of what I say. Since, of course, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Mandarin with a Knife | 5/16/1994 | See Source »

...very definition of politics and government goes against much of the grain of Asian culture. Politicians must stand out in the limelight, upset the status quo, and have an aggressive nature. Such traits do not fit well in the Asian heritage...

Author: By Raymond W. Liu, | Title: An Asian Distaste for Politics | 5/9/1994 | See Source »

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