Sentences with phrase «national fame»

New Mexican Three - Chile Wings of Fire In 1977, the chicken wing gained national fame when Buffalo, NY Mayor Stan Makowski proclaimed July 29 as National Chicken Wing Day.

Above Tower Falls emphasizes the vertical peaks and spectacular geology of America's Western Territories — the subject matter that first brought national fame to Moran.

Her circle of friends included the men who founded Fuller Seminary in 1947 and a youthful Billy Graham, who shot to national fame during his eight - week L.A. tent crusade in 1949.

As she achieved national fame — unusual for an academic — she had to contend with the backlash: critic AA Gill judged her «too ugly for television» in a review that...

Pekar shot to national fame thanks to combative appearances on David Letterman's late - night show, the last of which effectively turned into an on - air argument that ended their tense friendship.

And then there's Raven Osborne, an incredible young woman who received her bachelor's degree from Purdue University before graduating from high school (and earned well - deserved national fame in the process).

And their strategy garnered ConnCAN national fame, for the blatant misuse of data, as a way to mislead legislators, the media and the public.

It would be safe to say Chunky's was catapulted to national fame when Adam Richman from The Travel Channel's Man vs Food took up the Four Horsemen challenge.

More from CNBC / SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey: Main Street must be prepared for immigration crackdown How this three - person craft beer brewery surged to national fame in just four years Confidence in Trump drops on Main St. even among conservatives

Sheen's national fame, however, came through national television.

Consider another famous political oration, the 2004 convention speech that vaulted Barack Obama to national fame.

In 2012 we were captivated by the story of master sushi chef Jiro Ono, whose unbreakable work ethic brought him national fame — not to mention three Michelin stars for Sukiyabashi Jiro, his 10 - seat restaurant in the basement of an office building off a Tokyo subway station.

Were it not for those pesky Kardashians being of Armenian descent, Mkhitaryan would be untouchable in the national fame stakes!

The national FAME Awards are a tribute to the school nutrition professionals who have shown outstanding performance in management and innovation.

Bratton, 68, had served in the role since 2013, and it his second time leading the department — he rose to national fame when he presided over a drop in crime in the 1990s, popularizing the «broken windows» theory of policing and rolling out CompStat, a system for tracking crime patterns.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to address the DNC later today in an appearance that will harken back to his father's keynote speech in 1984 that catapulted him national fame.

In 1948 Life magazine wrote an article on him, titled Backwoods Boyhood and featured his lithographs, gaining him national fame.

For 20 years, the Anglo - Greek siblings have been at the forefront of the Young British Artist explosion that brought Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas, Marc Quinn, Rachel Whiteread and Chris Ofili to national fame.