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    Why is a prominent person or someone under scrutiny said to be in the "limelight?"

    Question #38808. Asked by Hamlet.. (Sep 15 03 1:07 PM)


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    		Limelight is an intense white light obtained by heating a cylinder of lime in a oxyhydrogen flame, formerly used to illuminate the stages of theatres - so if you were in the limelight you were on stage performing.

    Sep 15 03, 1:14 PM

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