Word: shout-out
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Just like that, my fifteen minutes had come and went, like those of so many others before me, gone in closer to fifteen seconds than minutes. Parents, friends and groupies who later saw the broadcast of the show claimed I raised my hand sheepishly to acknowledge the lackluster shout-out, but honestly I have no memory of such action. Though I knew to be prepared for my fifteen minutes, I had failed miserably at the task, and let them pass me by with barely a peep...
...closed the show first by thanking her audience for coming, then giving a "shout-out" to her Weld Hall roommates, and then by thanking her mother. Immediately after the 15-minute performance, Ali spent the next hour autographing CDs, posters and tickets...
...worry about the great Washington shout-out over how the U.S. should stand tall in the world is that we could soon produce a feckless breed of political leaders who would spend their time debating how best to do nothing...