Sentences with phrase «famous as his accomplishments»

An immensely brilliant operator, exhibiting marvelous dexterity, proceeding with almost inconceivable speed, his boorish arrogance became as famous as his accomplishments in the surgical room.

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In that same interview, she highlighted an anecdote that serves as a reminder that being an «Olympic also - ran» still means being one of the most skilled athletes on the planet; when producers hunted around for a skating double to recreate Harding's most famous, non-scandal-related professional accomplishment — executing a triple axel in competition at the 1991 U.S. Championships — they were flatly told that it was essentially impossible to find someone capable of matching the feat.

After reading simple biographies, create a portrait of a famous person with props that represent the important accomplishments of that person, such as George Washington Carver with a peanut, Galileo with a telescope, Marie Curie with a test tube, Louis Pasteur with a glass of milk, and Alexander Graham Bell with a telephone.