In 1920, he developed a notorious reputation with the entry of " Princess X " in the Salon.

When this news reached England, it confirmed Kidd's reputation as a pirate, and various naval commanders were ordered to " pursue and seize the said Kidd and his accomplices " for the " notorious piracies " they had committed.

In the 1970s and early 1980s, the computer press had often sought Commodore, one of the industry's leading players, and its colorful management for information, despite the company's notorious reputation.

After the downfall of feudalism, the landsknechts established a reputation as the most notorious dicing gamblers of their time ; many of the dice then were curiously carved in the images of men and beasts.

The story of Æthelred's notorious nickname, " Æthelred the Unready ", from Old English Æþelræd Unræd, goes a long way toward explaining how his reputation has declined through history.

Prior to 2002, available historical accounts noted that Beria had a notorious reputation that " almost certainly had some foundation ", but was ultimately inconclusive.

On December 1, an incident took place that sealed punk rock's notorious reputation: On Thames Today, an early evening London TV show, Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones was goaded into a verbal altercation by the host, Bill Grundy.

When Theseus appeared in the town, his reputation had preceded him, having travelled along the notorious coastal road from Troezen and slain some of the most feared bandits there.

* Odette Swann from Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time is a courtesan of the French Belle Epoque, she gains a notorious reputation from cavorting with Aristocrats, artists, Bourgeois, and both sexes.

The warlord Oda Nobunaga's notorious reputation led to several attempts on his life.

Edward IV had many mistresses, the most notorious being Jane Shore, and did not have a reputation for fidelity.

Donkeys have a notorious reputation for stubbornness, but this has been attributed to a much stronger sense of " self preservation " than exhibited by horses.

The area gained a notorious reputation for being a wild west with bandits and prostitutes.

Before his imprisonment Wright was taken to Castlereagh Holding Centre, a police interrogation centre with a notorious reputation for the brutality employed during grilling.

Another tradition holds that Larentia was a beautiful girl of notorious reputation, roughly the same age as Romulus and Remus, during the reign of Ancus Marcius in the 7th century BC.

Greensboro had the reputation of a rough and lawless town, many notorious criminals and murders were located there.

According to alternate theories of the term's origin, " Free State of Jones " came to be associated with Jones County for one of two reasons: 1 ) in reference to the county's reputation as a sparsely populated " backwater " of the young state, whose few residents were notorious for their disdain for organized governmental authority, or 2 ) due to a period of time in the early 1840s when, due to low population numbers and lack of legal proceedings, the county was left without duly-inducted legal and / or civil authorities.

Despite West City's notorious reputation during the 20's, churches were established by the residents.

Dodson has a long-standing reputation as a notorious speed trap, with more than half of its revenue generated by traffic citations with a total of $ 717 in citation revenue per resident, the fourth highest in the state.

SST's reputation was damaged severely when sound collage group Negativland fought a long legal battle with SST in the wake of its sampling lawsuit over their notorious " cover " of U2's hit " I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For ", on the 1991 U2 single.

The Luddites began destroying mills and machinery in response ; one of the most notorious attacks was on Cartwright — a Huddersfield mill-owner, who had a reputation for cruelty — and his Rawfords Mill.

Stunts such as withdrawing the Irish Army's band from playing at diplomatic functions which the Governor-General attended, or in one notorious case the sight of O ' Kelly and Defence Minister Frank Aiken storming out of a diplomatic function at the French Legation when McNeill, the guest of honour, had arrived, damaged O ' Kelly's reputation and image, particularly when the campaign backfired.

The company's last race win was a four-cylinder at the 1908 Tourist Trophy under an alias, Hutton, to preserve the reputation of the sixes, in the hands of Willy Watson, while at the French Grand Prix, officials showed the perverse reasoning for which they became notorious, claiming removable wire wheels were an unfair advantage.

Originally, it may have meant " Brookhome " or " Bacheim " and later seems to have gained the notorious reputation of " Bookhorn " or " Horn Book ".

But one does not have to rely on the victims for stories of violence: Ted Patrick, one of the most notorious deprogrammers used by CAGs ( who has spent several terms in prison for his exploits ) openly boasts about some of the violence he employed ; in November 1987, Cyril Vosper, a Committee member of the British cult-awareness group, FAIR, was convicted in Munich of " causing bodily harm " in the course of one of his many deprogramming attempts ; and a number of similar convictions are on record for prominent members of CAGs elsewhere.

How could a worse choice be made for your honour than in such haste to marry such a subject, who besides other and notorious lacks, public fame has charged with the murder of your late husband, besides the touching of yourself also in some part, though we trust in that behalf falsely.

The four color theorem has been notorious for attracting a large number of false proofs and disproofs in its long history.

It has been described as the " world's most notorious micronation " as well as the " world's smallest and weirdest " country "".

* In France the equivalent term " Milice " has become tainted due to its use by notorious collaborators with Nazi Germany.

Plymouth Hoe has become notorious over recent years for the development of the sport known locally as ' tombstoning ' generally undertaken by youths taking spectacular leaps from the waterfront cliffs and fortifications into the sea.

It has been described as a boozy, sexy account of the misadventures of America's most notorious killers.

It has been speculated that the name and acronym were selected in a sly reference to the movie Little Caesar, which featured a notorious gangster named Rico.

Private automobiles, whose rapid growth contributed to Bangkok's notorious traffic congestion over the past two decades, has risen in popularity, especially among tourists, expats, upper class and a growing middle class.

His treachery is considered so notorious that his name has long been synonymous with traitor, a fate he shares with Benedict Arnold, Marcus Junius Brutus ( who too is depicted in Dante's Inferno, suffering the same fate as Judas along with Cassius Longinus ), and Vidkun Quisling.

Eventually, he became notorious for this activity, prompting Lord Randolph Churchill to observe ' For the purposes of recreation he has selected the felling of trees ; and we may usefully remark that his amusements, like his politics, are essentially destructive.

The media have sensationalized him with the sobriquet, " the Devil's advocate ", and he himself has contributed to his " notorious " public persona by such acts as titling his autobiography The Brilliant Bastard and giving provocative replies in interviews.

Amongst birdwatchers and biologists it has been noted that " part from their great beauty are notorious ... for their lack of other immediately engaging qualities ".

He is widely credited with reforming an institution notorious for its corruption, but the extent of his reforms has been disputed by some scholars.

The Stephen Roth Institute criticized the Green Party in 2004, calling its record " tainted by abortive attempts to expel from within its ranks notorious anti-Jewish activist Ginette Skandrani herself ethnically Jewish who has close contacts with Holocaust deniers.

The fact that Lewes has a Crown Court, and a prison, is reflected by the fact that many notorious people have been connected with the town.

In the bowels of the British Museum, Carnacki the ghost-finder is plagued by visions of a shadowy occult order who are attempting to create something called a Moonchild, while on London's dockside the most notorious serial murderer of the previous century has returned to carry on his grisly trade.

" The heavily serialized television drama True Blood has become notorious for cliffhangers.

The most notorious case of this took place on the Seinfeld television series ; it has also happened on other shows including The X-Files, Stargate SG1 and the short-lived Ellery Queen series.

In recent times Hudspeth County has become notorious as a location for frequent drug arrests for individuals traveling east on Interstate 10 from El Paso, due to the presense of a US Border Patrol checkpoint.

The building subsequently became a run-down hostel for the homeless which became notorious for its squalor, although it has since been converted into a luxury apartment block.

Local legend has it that Welling is so called because in the era of horse-drawn vehicles, it could be said you were " well in " to Kent, or had a " well end " to the journey up and down Shooters Hill which, at the time was steep, had a poor road surface and was a notorious haunt of highwaymen.