Bruce gained his early reputation from the production of large-scale commercial anchors for ships and fixed installations such as oil rigs.

In the arts, Steiner's new art of eurythmy gained early renown.

Barter complements the environmental movement that has gained traction in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

In the early twentieth century scientists gained a greater understanding of microbiology and explored ways of manufacturing specific products.

The ballad was taken to Australia by early settlers from Britain and Ireland and gained particular foothold in the rural outback.

Although most early codices were made of papyrus, papyrus was fragile and supplies from Egypt, the only place where papyrus grew and was made into paper, became scanty ; the more durable parchment and vellum gained favor, despite the cost.

Domitian's youth and early career were largely spent in the shadow of his brother Titus, who gained military renown during the First Jewish-Roman War.

As a military commander, Vespasian gained early renown by participating in the Roman invasion of Britain in 43.

In the early 1980s, NYC disco DJ Larry Levan, known for his eclectic mixes, gained a cult following, and the Paradise Garage, the nightclub at which he spun, became the prototype for the modern dance club where the music and the DJ were showcased.

After the neighboring countries of Egypt and Libya both gained independence in the early 1950s, relations were initially cooperative.

However, the Soviet Union was fiercely competitive in holding the early lead it had gained in manned spaceflight, so the Soviet Communist Party, led by Nikita Khrushchev, ordered the hasty conversion of its single-pilot Vostok capsule into a two-or three-person craft named Voskhod, in order to compete with Gemini and Apollo.

Fort Collins gained a reputation as a very conservative city in the twentieth century, with a prohibition of alcoholic beverages, a contentious political issue in the town's early decades, being retained from the late 1890s until student activism helped bring it to an end in 1969.

He early showed remarkable ability, and it was owing to his reputation among the villagers that he gained the opportunity for a better education than he otherwise would have received.

After his death he gained considerable fame, particularly among 19th-and early 20th-century commentators who, focusing on his astronomical beliefs, regarded him as a martyr for free thought and modern scientific ideas.

It gained some popularity in early 2000s due to its speed, flexibility in configuration and features.

The Mughal Empire suffered a gradual decline in the early 18th century, which provided opportunities for the Afghans, Balochis, Sikhs, and Marathas to exercise control over large areas in the northwest of the subcontinent until the British East India Company gained ascendancy over South Asia.

Until the early 20th century it relied primarily on representational, religious and classical motifs, after which time more purely abstract and conceptual approaches gained favor.

He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s, culminating in his first Academy Award for The Usual Suspects ( Best Supporting Actor ), followed by a Best Actor Academy Award win for American Beauty ( 1999 ).

After the neighboring countries of Egypt and Libya both gained independence in the early 1950s, relations were initially cooperative.

Although in the early years of the 21st century Luxembourg enjoyed one of the highest GNP per capita in the world, this was mainly due to the strength of its financial sector, which gained importance at the end of the 1960s.

MUMPS gained an early following in the financial sector, and MUMPS applications are in use at many banks and credit unions.

Although the games existed in pockets in Europe -- it is recorded as being played as early as the 17th century by merchants in England -- it has never gained much popularity in most regions, except in the Baltic area, where once it was a very popular game (" Bohnenspiel ") and Bosnia, where it is called Ban-Ban and still played today.

Though the religion quickly gained a large following of Christian seekers, in the 1830s, many American Christians came to view the church's early doctrines and practices as politically and culturally subversive, as well as doctrinally heretical, abominable, and condemnable.

Patroclus gained the confidence of the new pope at once ; as early as 22 March he received a papal letter which conferred upon him the rights of a metropolitan over all the bishops of the Gallic provinces of Viennensis and Narbonensis I and II.

By the early 1950s the 356 had gained some renown among enthusiasts on both sides of the Atlantic for its aerodynamics, handling, and excellent build quality.

Grace became a fearless leader and gained fame as a sea captain and pirate.

Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action film icon.

The movement finally gained fame around the world when California became swept up in the movement, then seemingly started to lead the trend itself, in, for example, the popular restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley.

Grant made her debut as a teenager, and gained fame in Christian music during the 1980s with such hits as " Father's Eyes ", " El Shaddai ", and " Angels ".

Akihabara gained some fame through being home to one of the first stores devoted to personal robots and robotics.

They gained more and more fame owing to their high level of results in school exams.

born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy, who gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe.

The 1621 edition of Arithmetica by Bachet gained fame after Pierre de Fermat wrote his famous " Last Theorem " in the margins of his copy:

Devo gained some fame in 1976 when the short film The Truth About De-Evolution by Chuck Statler won a prize at the Ann Arbor Film Festival.

Eli Herschel Wallach ( born December 7, 1915 ) is an American film, television and stage actor who gained fame in the late 1950s.

That was how a young actress Pola Negri ( born Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec ) gained fame in Germany and eventually became one of the European super-stars of silent film.

Both Martha Washington and Abigail Adams gained fame from the Revolutionary War and were treated as if they were " ladies " of the British royal court.

A friend of Roberts was Kathryn Kuhlman, another popular faith healer, who gained fame in the 1950s and had a television program on CBS.

Some hotels have gained their renown through tradition, by hosting significant events or persons, such as Schloss Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany, which derives its fame from the Potsdam Conference of the World War II allies Winston Churchill, Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin in 1945.

In 1955, the year after Attucks had lost in the semistate final ( state quarterfinals ) to Milan's championship team, Attucks gained fame by winning the Indiana state championship, becoming the first all-black school in the nation to win a state title open to all schools regardless of race.

Krush gained an additional measure of fame both inside and outside chess circles during the well-publicized " Kasparov versus the World " chess competition in 1999.

Rousseau's 1750 " Discourse on the Arts and Sciences " was awarded the first prize and gained him significant fame.

With Dean MartinLewis initially gained fame with singer Dean Martin, who served as straight man to Lewis's zany antics in the Martin and Lewis comedy team.

He first gained worldwide fame in the Orson Welles films Citizen Kane ( 1941 ), The Magnificent Ambersons ( 1942 ), and Journey into Fear ( 1943 ), for which Cotten was also credited with the screenplay.

Jiu-Jitsu gained fame quickly in Brazil because of the popular fights with Capoeira fighters.

Much later Surrealism gained the fame among the public of being the most extreme form of modernism, or " the avant-garde of modernism ".

In the same year Palin joined the Brightside and Carbrook Co-Operative Society Players and first gained fame when he won an acting award at a Co-Op drama festival.

The Essenes have gained fame in modern times as a result of the discovery of an extensive group of religious documents known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, which are commonly believed to be Essenes ' library — although there is no proof that the Essenes wrote them.

It was during this period when Beijing cuisine gained fame and became recognised by the Chinese culinary society, and the stratification of the foodservice was one of its most obvious characteristics as part of its culinary and gastronomic cultures during this first peak of its formation.