Jolie also paid tribute to Malala's reluctance to be in the limelight for her own sake, despite her new influence as a campaigner and role model.

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Innovations aside, without pricing or availability details Nokia presented the products way too early as Nokia obviously wanted to be in the limelight before Captain Cook reveals all.

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And struggling kids will be in the limelight this spring, when psychiatrists publish the first update in 19 years to their diagnostic bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, also known as the DSM-5.

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Though Heineken will be stealing the limelight in Skyfall, Bond is best known for sipping his vodka martinis and shaken, not stirred.

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Instead, I can kick back and simultaneously be (1) happy for NIU and the MAC for its chance to make a statement in the national limelight while (2) snicker at the BCS yuks who will soon see their precious bowl system lose further relevancy when the new college football playoffs arrive in 2014.

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