leading light

President Obama delivered a soaring eulogy for the late Richard Holbrooke today, calling him a "leading light" of U.S. diplomacy.

Phil May was a leading light of the society, and the grimy and bedaubed plaster laughed with his conceits at every turn.

Since Guerrita, not a single matador of leading light has arisen.

One of them, the leading light of the local Nationalist party, is rated at £8.

Mr. Waldron: These people will think North Dakota is a dark place if this is a leading light.

In due time he would become a leading light and go to Congress.