Word: limelighting
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That could change, because the mission to asteroid 4660 Nereus has thrust artificial muscles into the limelight. Whereas human limbs move by contracting and relaxing muscles, Bar-Cohen's artificial variety bends in response to electricity. Apply a charge to one side of a strip, and ions within the polymer are pushed to the opposite side, effectively lengthening one surface while shortening the other...
...Many times faculty members say coming here puts them in the limelight, even more than at Princeton or Stanford," Thompson says. "[There are] more invitations, more media want to talk to them. You've got the stamp of approval because you're at Harvard...
...good movie made. With or without Travolta, though I'm sure he'll do it." The question of the day for Leonard's touring pals is more along the lines of "with or without the Coyotes." But for now, they can at least bask in the crime czar's limelight. And Leonard seems to be enjoying himself as well. After all, he did confess, "I have always thought I would love to be a rock star for about 48 hours. That's about all I could handle...
...good movie made. With or without Travolta, though I'm sure he'll do it." The question of the day for Leonard's touring pals is more along the lines of "with or without the Coyotes." But for now, they can at least bask in the crime czar's limelight. And Leonard seems to be enjoying himself as well. After all, he did confess, "I have always thought I would love to be a rock star for about 48 hours. That's about all I could handle...
...retells the creation and premiere of Romeo and Juliet. It peoples the London of 1593 with the usual suspects--Christopher Marlowe (crafty Rupert Everett), Queen Elizabeth (Judi Dench, a sly dominatrix)--and some ageless show-biz types: the poverty-pleading producer (Geoffrey Rush), the backer with a lust for limelight (Tom Wilkinson). Director John Madden works in jokes about profit sharing and credit hogging, and a climax in which the real star steps in for an indisposed leading lady...