Sentences with phrase «measure of fame»

The winner of the prize, which goes to a British visual artist under the age of 50, will receive 25,000 pounds, or about $ 37,600 — and a significant measure of fame.

Although Taylor worked in the studio of Robert Rauschenberg for eight years and achieved a measure of fame in Europe, he never established as much renown in the US as his circle of New York colleagues during his own lifetime.

If you hope to make a living at this, or a decent supplemental income, or a measure of fame, one book will not do it.

Much later, Gander's airport obtained some small (and bittersweet) measure of fame in 2001 when nearly forty international flights and more than six thousand passengers were grounded at Gander after all North American flights were halted on 9/11.

Another passenger, a New York businessman named Isaac Lehmann, took a certain comfort from the revolver that he carried with him always and that would, all too soon, bring him a measure of fame, and infamy.

Similarly, they tracked the mention of people's names, a crude measure of fame, and found that people today become famous earlier in life than they used to — an average age of 29 in the mid-20th century, down from 43 in the early 19th century.

Not exact matches

Over the years, the acronym has become a sort - of mantra for the famed Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers venture capitalist, who more recently turned it into a book (Measure What Matters; Portfolio, $ 14) he describes as «my love letter to our future.»

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.

But as nearly every denomination in the United States faces declining membership and waning influence, Christians may need to get used to the idea of measuring significance by something other than money, fame, and power.

With 4 bananas not mashed to a complete mush, but still sort of chunky and not measuring the booze, this recipe is going down in the hall of banana bread fame.

«A lot of this criticism is coming from people who never bothered to attend the trials,» says Hampton prosecutor Colleen Killilea, who gained a measure of local fame by urging the judge to «just do it» to Iverson after he imprudently jetted to a Nike - sponsored tournament when his trial broke for the weekend.

While fame may not be the best measure of success, renowned individuals offer a glimpse into the many ways a Waldorf education prepares every student to discover and pursue his or her passion with dedication to outstanding achievements, however they define success.

The largest of the Yutyrannus skeletons — found in China's Liaoning province in rocks of an era famed for its feathered dinosaurs — represents an adult that in life would have measured about 9 meters long, or slightly shorter than a school bus.

One thing is clear, even with a conservative definition of «scientist»: The top of the fame ranking is dominated by social scientists such as Chomsky — by far the most famous living scientist, as measured by mD..

As the fame and quality measures along with style make this tag distinctive; For the women of this era, her closet can't be complete without the BAREEZE's winter classic embroidered dresses.

We get the little robot, countless platitudes about believing in oneself, a heist sequence, a scavenger hunt across Los Angeles, a hastily portrayed rise - and - fall - and - reunion plot, random cuts to viral Internet videos in the middle of scenes, a semi-love story, and an uncritical presentation of fame as the only thing that serves as a genuine measure of self - worth.

An even lighter version of the new car, possibly resurrecting the famed CSL nomenclature and fitted with lightweight seats as part of a pared - down interior and other weight saving measures, is under consideration for sale later in the new M4's model cycle.

They may have lots of readers... but by traditional measures, little fame, recognition, or validation.

Fame raises the more you do missions and side quests, and is a general measure of how famous you are in the west.

Success is subjective, and can be measured in a myriad of ways that have nothing to do with money or fame.

For Warhol, fame was an important measure of his success, and with success came even greater fame,» comments Barilleaux.

We even have situations where the largest legal publishers sponsor and promote «legal marketing» programs put on by recent law grads whose only claim to fame is that they have not been able to get a job and that they have been able to game Twitter with software so as to generate untold thousands of Twitter followers — like that is any measure that you have a clue on to advise law firms how to use the Internet to build and nurture relationships.

To me the Hall of Fame award sets another goal — to ensure that if I write anything now, that it measures up to what has gone before and at least equals all the other blogs similarly awarded.