Word: limelighter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...offered no post that interested him. Giovannetti withdrew from the diplomatic service to the "more congenial" pursuit of writing books. Last week, at his retirement villa outside Rome, the author who came in from the cold said with a philosophic shrug: "I am no longer in the limelight, the airline no longer gives me free tickets, and many of my old friends don't know me any more. But I regret nothing...
...Representatives and Senators gathered for an off-the-record briefing by President Carter, Vance's star seemed to ascend even higher. Though both Brown and Brzezinski were also on hand, many observers reported that Carter seemed to be making a deliberate effort to ensure that the limelight stayed steadily on the Secretary of State...
...American League Rookie of the Year in 1970, and then proceeded to disappear from the limelight faster than Zager and Evans...
...know,' he said, 'I don't like notoriety. I try to avoid the limelight, and I don't blow my own horn or anything. I just do my part. In this case, I'm just glad I came through. Incidentally, the hit raised my season's average to .667 and gave me five runs batted in for the game...
This week Park is stepping back into the limelight. Barring a last-minute change in plans, the dapper Korean is testifying before an open session of the House ethics committee, and the entire proceedings, expected to last three days, will be televised nationwide. His testimony gives the U.S. public its first full look into the Korean bribery scandal, which began to break open a year and a half ago. Says one congressional investigator who has heard Park's testimony: "It's a very sordid picture...