to rise from obscurity to fame
1obscurity — noun 1) the novel plots Carlotta’s rise from obscurity to stardom Syn: insignificance, inconspicuousness, unimportance, anonymity; limbo, twilight, oblivion Ant: fame 2) small minded intellectuals who had accused him of obscurity Syn …
2obscurity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total ▪ near, virtual ▪ He is now living in virtual obscurity. ▪ comparative (esp. BrE), relative …
3Leibniz (from) to Kant — From Leibniz to Kant Lewis White Beck INTRODUCTION Had Kant not lived, German philosophy between the death of Leibniz in 1716 and the end of the eighteenth century would have little interest for us, and would remain largely unknown. In Germany… …
4Braddock, James J. — ▪ American boxer original name James Walter Braddock born December 6, 1905, New York, New York, U.S. died November 29, 1974, North Bergen, New Jersey American world heavyweight boxing champion from June 13, 1935, when he outpointed Max… …
5Plan 9 from Outer Space — This article is about the 1959 film. For the video game of the same name, see Plan 9 from Outer Space (video game). Plan 9 from Outer Space …
6Boethius: from antiquity to the Middle Ages — John Marenbon Boethius is a difficult figure to place in the history of philosophy. Considered just in himself, he clearly belongs to the world of late antiquity. Born in 480, at a time when Italy was ruled by the Ostrogoths under their king,… …
7Mesopotamian religion — Introduction beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and their successors, the Babylonians and Assyrians, who inhabited ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) in the millennia before the Christian era. These religious beliefs and… …
8Rags to Riches — The term Rags to Riches refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth, or sometimes from obscurity to fame. This is a common archetype in literature and popular culture (for example, the writings of Horatio Alger,… …
9Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies —   …
10literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
