Word: limelighter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sports world. His devotion to his profession is unquestioned. If he has a free evening, away from reviewing films or an oversized playbook, he might spend it reading and listening to Stevie Wonder or eating at Himmy's Harborside or Charlie's. But he generally shies away from the limelight and prefers to have "little get-togethers" with teammates or friends from Stanford, including his old-time friend and favorite receiver Randy Vataha...
Boudin said that the September 1971 burglarizing of Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office by Nixon staff members led to the government's "rare move" of bringing the Pentagon Papers case into the public limelight as justification for future illicit governmental inquiry...
...Light/White Heat" and "Rock and Roll." The lead guitarist concentrated mostly on rhythm which left a void in many of the arrangements. Finally, the give and take between Reed and his band during the Academy of Music sessions was more pronounced--the band was given a share of the limelight during the instrumental breaks but quickly crept into the background the moment Reed's vocals would re-emerge. Thus the musicians had identities of their own but no mistake would be made as to whom the people came to see. Reed unquestionably remained the dominant force throughout...
Harvard's last stand in the limelight was in spring of 1972, when I was a freshman, Richard Nixon was president, and American mines filled Haiphong Harbor. A group of black students wanted Harvard to sell its stock in Gulf Oil, whose payments for offshore drilling rights in Angola helped support Portuguese rule there. The students seized the occasion of the University-wide strike against the minint of North Vietnam, and occupied Massachusetts Hall. For a week the Yard resounded with bongo drums and abounded with picketers, but the occupiers finally left quietly and Harvard asked them to withdraw...
...city manager issue held the limelight this year, as well it might in any year--the city manager, who is appointed by the city council, is the city's chief executive and, as such, controls most of the city's bureaucracy...