Word: limelights
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While the Betty Freidans and Gloria Steinems stole the limelight and the headlines during the peak of the women's movement, these women watched from the sidelines, wondering if Women's Lib would ever have any relevance to them. But now they are speaking out. And they think what they have to say could greatly affect American society...
Ready to settle into a comfortable retirement, Holmes admits that he does not need any more money, and that he has had his fill of the limelight. He is not a killer-fighter and has been known to beg an opponent to give up rather than get hurt. This gentleness, which some call a flaw, will eventually be the deciding factor in his leaving the ring...
...decades Australian cinema, like the country itself, led the world in woolgathering. Then, in the early '70s, Australian film stepped into the international limelight. None of the movies was a masterpiece, but in sum they suggested a nation of natural-born film makers with a respect for narrative form and a deft way with actors. These artists have created today's most vital national cinema...
...financial gamesmanship. For his part, Don tried to avoid publicity. "They call me 'Big Don,'" he once said. "I'm larger than Richard. I'm not a public figure--I'm just a fellow trying to make a living. I don't want to be in the limelight...
After nearly four years of pressure, the 62 surviving women cadets (out of the original 119) in the Class of '80, the first to admit women, are also fed up with the limelight. "I always try to avoid interviews," says one emphatically. "I say to reporters, 'Go ask that male cadet the same things...