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How, for example, could a Voltaire understand the strange predicament in which a Rousseau would find himself when, soon after the furor of his first Discourse, he acquired still another title to fame??
Partially through the hiring of expensive foreign player, the new club soon acquired large debts.
Recognizing that he had acquired a solid team, Veeck soon abandoned the aging, small and lightless League Park to take up full-time residence in massive Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
With QRP a search reaches only those clients which are likely to have the files, so rare files searches grow vastly more efficient, and with DQ the search stops as soon as the program has acquired enough search results, which vastly reduces the amount of traffic caused by popular searches.
He soon acquired reputation by a number of publications on the civil and Scottish law, and was one of the leaders of the Scottish Enlightenment.
The Portuguese soon acquired a monopoly over trade in the Indian Ocean.
Fighter jets of NATO members deployed in Zokniai airport as soon as Lithuania acquired membership in the Alliance to provide cover for the Baltic airspace.
The " Slumberland " of the title soon acquired a double meaning, referring not only to Morpheus's fairy kingdom, but to the state of sleep itself: Nemo would have dream-adventures in other imaginary lands, on the Moon and Mars, and in our own " real " world, made fantastic by the dream-state.
NEC, Toshiba and SiByte ( later acquired by Broadcom ) each obtained licenses for the MIPS64 as soon as it was announced.
Despite the initial distrust of the King and Crown Prince, and the loathing of Queen Augusta, Bismarck soon acquired a powerful hold over the King by force of personality and powers of persuasion.
Soros Strategic Partners and Dune Entertainment II soon afterwards acquired controlling interest in the live-action films released through September 16, 2005, the latest film in this package was Just Like Heaven.
Accordingly he was buried in the Vatican with every mark of respect, and his tomb soon acquired an extraordinary fame for miraculous cures.
In the capacity of papal legate he was sent to France in 1480, where he remained four years, and acquitted himself with such ability that he soon acquired a paramount influence in the College of Cardinals, an influence which increased rather than diminished during the pontificate of Pope Innocent VIII.
This instrument soon evolved and took on the name of the timbrel during the medieval crusades, at which time it acquired the jingles.
He soon acquired weapons from Ottoman Empire, Sudan, and other Islamic and / or Arabian countries, and appointed ministers and advisers to administer different areas or sectors of Somalia.
In 1928 the Aviation Department became Vickers ( Aviation ) Ltd and soon after acquired Supermarine, which became the " Supermarine Aviation Works ( Vickers ) Ltd ".
The Arabs acquired knowledge of saltpetre — which they called " Chinese snow " ( thalj al-Sīn ) — around 1240 and, soon afterward, of gunpowder ; they also learned of fireworks (" Chinese flowers ") and rockets (" Chinese arrows ").
However, they soon lost these newly acquired possessions to the Ostrogoths.
Within a short time he changed his mind and soon acquired two Rodin marbles, Orpheus and Cupid and Psyche, for his Chicago mansion, the first two of Rodin's works known to have been sold to an American collector.
Towards the end of his reign John had belatedly planned to curb the power of the great landowners, and his death, coming soon after his speaking out against them, led to rumours that he had been poisoned by Basil Lekapenos, who had acquired vast estates illegally and feared an investigation and punishment.
Hindenburg's deputy, Chief Quartermaster-General Erich Ludendorff, soon acquired almost dictatorial power in Germany.
Jewel acquired Osco Drug in 1961, and soon started building Jewel-Osco stores.
Unlike Oak Ridge, the ranch school at Los Alamos, along with of surrounding forest and grazing land, was soon acquired.
The 1976 – 77 season would be memorable for the 76ers ; as a result of the terms of the ABA-NBA merger they acquired Julius Erving from the New York Nets, soon after the team was purchased by local philanthropist Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr., grandson of George Dunton Widener and heir to the Widener fortune.

soon and reputation
The firm soon established a reputation in more serious music circles by championing the works of Franz Schubert.
They soon gained a reputation for brutality, as the RIC campaign against the IRA and Sinn Féin members was stepped up and police reprisals for IRA attacks were condoned by the government.
The PDFLP soon gained a reputation as the most intellectual of the Palestinian fedayeen groups, and drew heavily on Marxist-Leninist theory to explain the situation in the Middle East.
A former Minister of Health who had earned a reputation as a humanitarian while serving as an administrator in a U. S .- funded anti-yaws campaign, Duvalier ( known as " Papa Doc ") soon established another dictatorship.
In a notoriously corrupt institution, Melville soon won the reputation of being the only honest employee of the customs house.
He soon gained a reputation as a reformer.
The Ballroom soon proclaimed itself the " temple of mambo ", for the city's best dancers — the Mambo Aces, " Killer Joe " Piro, Augie and Margo Rodriguez, Paulito and Lilon, Louie Maquina and Pedro " Cuban Pete " Aguilar — gave mambo demonstrations there and made a reputation for their expressive use of arms, legs, head and hands.
His reputation for learning was such as to obtain for him, soon after his arrival, the degree of doctor of divinity from both universities, and in 1690 he received from Bishop Gilbert Burnet the more substantial honour of the treasurership and a canonry in Salisbury Cathedral.
Planning for an official biography of Menzies began soon after his death, but it was long delayed by Dame Pattie Menzies ' protection of her husband's reputation and her refusal to co-operate with the appointed biographer, Frances McNicoll.
The company soon developed a reputation for safe and reliable cars, with a notable competition history.
In 1776 Paisiello was invited by the empress Catherine II of Russia to St Petersburg, where he remained for eight years, producing, among other charming works, his masterpiece, Il barbiere di Siviglia, which soon attained a European reputation.
Many of the students came from the surrounding farms and villages of the Western Reserve, but Hiram soon gained a national reputation and students began arriving from other states.
Zhu Yuanzhang was a penniless peasant and Buddhist monk who joined the Red Turbans in 1352, but soon gained a reputation after marrying the foster daughter of a rebel commander.
* 1959: the Moulin Rouge is transformed with the creation and fitting out of new kitchens so as to offer the increasingly international clientele a dinner-show with a gastronomic menu and revues that soon acquire a worldwide reputation.
They soon gained a local following and reputation in South Wales.
He soon established a reputation for his legal skills and courtroom oratory.
Le Petit Cénacle soon gained a reputation for extravagance and eccentricity, but also for being a unique refuge from society.
Similarly, in 1917, the Diccionari Ortogràfic de l ' Institut was published ; it soon became a dictionary of spelling norms irredeemably tied to the reputation of former Institute Director Pompeu Fabra.
" The collection soon had a worldwide reputation.
The city soon gained a reputation as a hotbed of anti-Savoy republican agitation ( having its climax in 1849 with the Sack of Genoa ), although the union with Savoy was economically very beneficial.
From the moment she sets eyes on him, Helen feels curiously attracted by Messenger, but she soon learns about his reputation as a womaniser.
Warren soon gained a statewide reputation as a tough, no-nonsense district attorney who fought corruption in government ; a 1931 survey voted listed him as the best district attorney in the country.
The operation saved many lives ; however, the Operation damaged the reputation of Moïse Tshombe as it saw the return of white mercenaries to the Congo soon after independence and was a factor in Tshombe's loss of support from president of Congo Joseph Kasa-Vubu who dismissed him from his position

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