* Vuvuzela ( simple short horn, origins disputed but achieved fame or notoriety through many plastic examples in the 2010 World Cup )

In 1993, his sardonic song about the stereotypical American male, " Asshole ", achieved much notoriety.

Daggers achieved public notoriety in the 20th century as ornamental uniform regalia during the Fascist dictatorships of Mussolini's Italy and Hitler's Germany.

The Gall – Peters achieved considerable notoriety in the late 20th century as the centerpiece of a controversy surrounding the political implications of map design.

His art is best described as pop-art, often very colorful and graffiti-inspired screen prints, and he achieved some commercial success and notoriety by, for instance, creating murals in various public spaces in and around Amsterdam.

His descendants have achieved some notoriety.

Many American developers tried to capitalize on the template established by Street Fighter II, but it was Chicago's Midway Games who achieved unprecedented notoriety when they released Mortal Kombat in 1992.

2001's Temptation Island achieved some notoriety by placing several couples on an island surrounded by single people in order to test the couples ' commitment to each other.

In this capacity he achieved considerable notoriety in Rome for his violent actions, frequently ordering the execution of suspected traitors on the spot.

Film director Theo van Gogh achieved international notoriety in 2004 when he was murdered in the streets of Amsterdam.

Although Hundertwasser first achieved notoriety for his boldly-coloured paintings, he is more widely known for his individual architectural designs.

He achieved notoriety as the author of the novels The Turner Diaries and Hunter, which were written under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald and published under National Vanguard Books.

Both before and after his death, Christer Pettersson had achieved a certain notoriety as a cult figure, being portrayed as a victim of society and as a scapegoat in the media.

The band achieved their initial notoriety through Bjelland's " babydoll " image — sometimes referred to as the kinderwhore look — which contrasted dramatically with the raw power of her singing voice and her aggressive lyrics.

Earlier, on 24 September 1983, Goiko achieved notoriety for an infamous tackle on Diego Maradona in a league match at the Camp Nou, ferociously tackling the Argentine from behind and leaving him severely injured, and reportedly later keeping " the boot he had used to destroy ...( Maradona ’ s ) ankle ligaments " at home in a glass case.

Zampanò's narrative is littered with all manner of references, some quite obscure, others indicating that the Navidsons ' story achieved international notoriety.

The area achieved notoriety for opium dens in the late 19th century, often featured in pulp fiction works by Sax Rohmer and others.

The road immediately below this bridge occasionally floods during heavy rain and achieved some notoriety on 20 July 2007 when it was severely flooded, making it impassable for several hours.

In 2009, Dolores County achieved notoriety as the most economically depressed county in Colorado.

Later it achieved some notoriety by being involved in a scam involving dental practices.

Gaines ' testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1954 achieved notoriety for his unapologetic, matter-of-fact tone, and Gaines became a boogeyman for those wishing to censor the product.

Bosco achieved a degree of international notoriety in 1990 when the Chinese newspaper The People's Daily reported on his tenure as an alleged example of the failings of the American electoral process.

On July 4, 1923, Kokomo achieved national notoriety when it hosted the largest Ku Klux Klan gathering in history.

Livermore achieved national and international notoriety in the second decade of the twentieth century for one of the more bizarre public lynchings in American history.

During the Salvadoran civil war, death squads achieved notoriety when a sniper assassinated Archbishop Óscar Romero during Mass in March 1980.

Their social status was achieved in some cases by birth, as with Washington, Jefferson and Jay ; ;

However, I confess my hope that I will be innocent again, not with a pristine, accidental innocence, but rather with an innocence achieved by the slow cutting away of the flesh to reach the bone.

But far from being concerned about whether or not Russia will have achieved Utopia by 1980, the world is watching Moscow today primarily for clues as to whether or not there will be nuclear Armageddon in the immediate future.

His strong opposition to the transfer of Negro children to schools outside their own neighborhood, in the interest of integration, will be attacked by Negro leaders who have fought for, and achieved, this open or permissive enrollment.

The United States was engaged in a military attack on a peaceful, orderly people governed by a regime that had proved itself the most pro-Western and anti-Communist within any of the new nations -- the only place in Africa, moreover, where a productive relationship between whites and blacks had apparently been achieved.

High sensitivity in radio telescopes is achieved by reducing the bandwidth of the receiver ; ;

Mr. Brown's invention achieved this and, as a byproduct, formed the cornerstone of Brown & Sharpe's position of leadership in the gear making equipment field which lasted until the 1920's when superceded by other methods.

-- An unusual flavor can be achieved by marinating the franks in French dressing or a mixture of honey, lemon juice and brown sugar prior to the picnic.

The return spring tension may be adjusted to suit individual requirements by gripping the spring housing with a pair of pliers ( to prevent the spring from unwinding when it is released ), loosening the lock nut or screw, and rotating the housing until the desired tension is achieved.

Changes of intensity on the cell were achieved by use of a wire screen and by varying the distance of the light source from the cell.

`` Increased boundary maintenance may be achieved, for example, by assigning a higher primacy or evaluation to activities characteristic of the external pattern.

High-gain photoelectronic image intensification may be achieved by several methods ; ;

One of the most desirable solutions is achieved by the use of a non-linear amplifier for Af.

No less than twenty-two nations have already achieved independence since World War 2,, and the number is growing by the year.

From the time he had been at college he had achieved a certain tranquility and composure by accepting the fact that there were certain things he could never know.

Blocking is achieved by restricting randomization.

The effect of angst is achieved by Shostakovich, Mahler and Berg in compositions of wide dynamic range, at times seemingly spinning out of control ( Mahler ), and atonal music using the twelve-tone row method of composition ( Berg, Schoenberg and others ) to create an angst ridden atmosphere of grotesque sound.

However, this tenfold increase in population over the course of a few generations could not be achieved by increased birthrate alone ; likely it also involved migrations of peoples from surrounding areas.

Even greater accuracy can be achieved by first computing the means, then using the stable one-pass algorithm on the residuals.

Improved bandwidth efficiency is achieved at the expense of increased transmitter and receiver complexity by completely suppressing both the carrier and one of the sidebands.

This was, however, not achieved by Bohr through giving the electrons some kind of wave-like properties, since the idea that electrons could behave as matter waves was not suggested until twelve years later.

A record cold temperature of 450 ± 80 pK in a Bose – Einstein condensate ( BEC ) of sodium atoms was achieved in 2003 by researchers at MIT.

Another example is the adiabatic flame temperature, which is the temperature that would be achieved by a flame in the absence of heat loss to the surroundings.

Speakers of the Akkadian language seem to have already been present in Mesopotamia at the dawn of the historical period, and soon achieved preeminence with the first Dynasty of Kish and numerous localities to the north of Sumer, where rulers with Akkadian names had already established themselves by the 3rd millennium BC.