Answer: shootingstar

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For "..." the student wrote "Michael Jordan"...

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Annie Oakley, notably

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Charlton Heston?

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U. S. A. F. fighter-bomber.
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American cowslip.
SHOOTINGSTARFireball.
SHOOTINGSTARWestern outlaw's newspaper?
SHOOTINGSTARWishers' object
SHOOTINGSTARSky streaker
SHOOTINGSTARShort-lived success
SHOOTINGSTARAnnie Oakley?
SHOOTINGSTAROne who's an overnight success
SHOOTINGSTARGood luck bringer?
SHOOTINGSTARIt brings good luck?
SHOOTINGSTARWisher's object