Sentences with phrase «much of its fame»

Much of its fame is due to the massive eight and even sixteen player arcade setups featuring chairs, force feedback steering wheels, shifters, and foot pedals.

I'm sure arguments could be made that the console was a revolutionary release, one that changed the face of video gaming forever, although it owed much of its fame and fortune to the Playstation 1, which sold over 100 million units.

In 1906 he published The Quest of the Historical Jesus, a book on which much of his fame as a theological scholar rests.

While John Chamberlain owed much of his fame to his sculptures, he experimented over the course of his career with a wide variety of media, from painting and drawing to monotyping, film, and above all photography.

Artaud recorded his year - long cultural and drug - fuelled experience in an intriguing volume called Les Tarahumara which became the catalyst for much of his famed poetry and writings.

Not exact matches

I'll say this much about avid Twitter user Joe Mantegna: He has a better site than Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, whose page basically leads nowhere.

Ackman's Pershing Square Capital teamed up with Valeant to mount a failed hostile takeover of rival pharmaceutical company Allergan, and at the time, the famed fund manager credited Pearson for being able to spot opportunities where others couldn't, much like business legend Warren Buffett.

No, this isn't one of those famed (and now largely retired) wacky interview questions much beloved by startups a few years back.

This year marks the completion of an ambitious five - year, $ 380 million revitalization of St. Louis's famed Eero Saarinen - designed Gateway Arch and surrounding parklands, which now includes a subterranean museum and a land bridge that creates a much - needed link between the grounds and the city itself (which was formerly separated by a highway).

Allan Weiss, of Case - Shiller fame, has an idea he says could solve a fundamental problem with today's housing market: homeowners pouring too much of their wealth into one asset.

And decades before the smartphone era, famed trader Jesse Livermore emphasized the importance of not buying and selling stocks too much.

Along the way, each group of approximately 20 trekkers learned as much about themselves as they did each other, while enduring headaches and nausea from the extreme elevation, cold nights shivering in tents and grueling days of climbing through the mountains of the Lares Valley and along the famed Inca Trail.

A much - noted expert on equity, style and asset allocation, Mr. Bernstein was voted to Institutional Investor magazine's annual «All - America Research Team» eighteen times, and is one of only forty - nine analysts inducted into the Institutional Investor «Hall of Fame».

I wonder if fame is more a construct of our celebrity - obsession, but God isn't the new celebrity to brand and make palatable for the masses — there is too much complexity and wildness for God; God won't obey the spreadsheets.

While this was more obvious in the 70s, it remains a basic feature of rock — when one reads the bios, one finds that even such apparently austere bands as Joy Division or (pre-90s) U2 were very much attracted to rock fame, and at least in Joy Division's case, to the partying that went with it.

At this point, any measure of attention given to these clowns is too much, but famed hacking collective Anonymous — who has picked fights with Westboro in the past — apparently decided enough was enough, and used their considerable Internet savvy to leaked the personal information of the members of Westboro's congregation online for anyone to see, write, call or even pay a visit to.

In addition, the present system already offers the military high command so much — in funds, prestige, and future employment via the famed «revolving door» of the military - industrial complex — that a perilous transition to anything like direct military rule would make little sense under reasonably normal conditions.

I'll try not to fan out too much as I ask my question: I'm reading a book by pastor Jonathan Martin in which he discusses the fact that, in our current culture, fame and notoriety are treated as necessities, while obscurity is considered the kiss of death.

Francis Schaeffer, of course, enjoyed much fame and popularity.

For all One Direction's dizzying fame, there was little reason to expect much from their solo efforts, which seemed destined to be cobbled together of centrist pop.

What I failed to realize was that this producer's advice mirrored the hustle culture that inspired many Americans through self - help literature and social media, which teaches people that success and fame come with a price - tag, much of which includes being dedicated and ambitious at the expense of others.

It really doesn't take much more than a little fame, and maybe a little bit of money, and you too can have your very own wine or spirit.

Bananas are most famed for being a wonderful source of potassium but they also offer so much more.

When FAME bids on an account, Atherton accurately estimates how much FAME can increase sales and predicts expense costs for the benefit of the client, as well as FAME.

And some people have fame, and some people are just working hard all the time without much acknowledgement, but I think what you're telling us is kind of a message not just for activism, but for all life, that we can't really control anything.

As much as he respects the other Woodson, Darren says that he admires future Hall of Fame safety Ronnie Lott, now a New York Jet.

Even ignoring that pitchers» ERAs were all much higher back then — even though that kind of context is the whole point of evaluating a Hall of Fame candidate — wouldn't you still give Curt Schilling extra credit?

Such a pitty, the same person who brought us so much glory and fame is now the object of shame.

I never root for a Met, but there is so much Tebow hate out there that I hope he does make the Hall of Fame.

The channel has been cast into fame in recent years, with one member of the so - called fan's channel even making an appearance on Celebrity Big Brother, and the YouTube channel has been cast well into the spotlight, with his highlights grabbing much of their interest following losses and shock defeats.

«It irritates me so much I want to put myfist through a wall — or through a television set playing Benny Hill,» saysGalaxy president Alexi Lalas, the Hall of Fame U.S. defender.

I attended undergrad during the glory days of sports at Murray State University... the gridiron was coached by Houston Nutt (later of Arkansas and now Ole Miss fame) and the basketball by the much maligned Mark Gottfried.

The UCI World Tour is composed of 37 events, including the three three - week grand tours, but also 20 one - day races that are attended by the best riders and receive much greater attention in places like, say, Belgium and the Netherlands, where winning on the famed and treacherous Paris - Roubaix cobblestones can make you a national hero.

Barcelona are famed for slick, precision tika - tac football (although not so much since Pep left)-- but our pass completion is within 1 % of theirs, we have more key passes per game and more chances created.

best thing for all involved schez gets a season as number 1 guaranteed, also this boy malen looks the absolute business on the videos i have seen of him, could be real coup getting him in ahead of barca, they are usually the premier choice all all youngsters, as la maisa is famous but just shows our academy is getting high fame and recognition, now as much as any academy in the world.

Legacies are a funny thing, which is why there has been so much debate over this year's Hall of Fame class, which was notable especially for who didn't get in.

A few years between Clichy and Monreal saw Gibbs rise to fame with a regular spot at Arsenal, but he's been unable to hold down a starting place ahead of Monreal these last few seasons, so much so he may be considering a move.

IN SOME WAYS Duke's freshmen appear to have been assembled as much by a diversity - seeking admissions director as by a Hall of Fame basketball coach.

Now merged into a much - needed, all - encompassing golf hall of fame, the LPGA's version is the only bona fide pantheon because induction is based on a statistical standard.

Musial's lack of controversy may explain why his fame has ebbed compared with that of Williams or DiMaggio, but as Vecsey's book proves, being neglected by history is as much a part of the Musial narrative as all the hits and handshakes.

There is so much water under the bridge for Ralston that one can easily forget that this man on a ladder stashing old bookcases in the rafters coached Stanford to Rose Bowl victories in 1971 and»72 and has already been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.

This wouldn't mean much if Larkin was juuuuust good enough to squeak into the Hall of Fame.

Finally, we've got some data showing exactly how much the average Hall of Fame candidate moves up in the balloting over the years.

While I do believe Bonds took steroids (whether it was knowingly or not doesn't much matter to me, though if I had to guess, I think he knows everything that goes in his body), I don't believe all steroid users should be excluded from the Hall of Fame.

I DEMAND a Hall of Fame caliber player, 3 deep, at every position, with minimal contracts, playing just because they love the Cowboys as much as I do.

«He was trying to make the comparison to the Kardashians, someone who had gotten a lot of fame without doing much.

He spent much of his career in the oversized shadow of teammate Tom Seaver and all of it just a step away from full - blown fame.

I am not convinced he wants the hard work at our level its much easier at bigger clubs where you have other top players to take the strain, and I think that's what Barca have found, If he wants to come than he is an better player than Nolan and Noble but Kouyate is as good and hungry, Alfitano I like, Nene not seen enough to judge but that's not his fault, Zarate will be back and if he nuckles down under a new manager should stay and be a good squad member but unless he ups his work rate will not be a regular starter, Rav we will just have to watch grow to great fame in Italy and know BFS cost us, You know what I think of our overrated overpaid overweight (I like the words beginning with over) leader, BFS REIGN OVER

David Moyes is likely to get linked with any amount of midfielders between now and the summer but Anguissa is very much in the fame it seems.

Many of us might have looked at City's rise to fame and fortune as the prototype promised land of next levels after we followed their example by moving from an old much loved home into a new stadium at the end of an athletics tournament.