It is possible, although highly doubtful, that he killed none at all but merely let his reputation work for him by privately claiming every unsolved murder in the state.

At no time does he seem to have proposed marriage, and Mrs. King was evidently torn between a concern for her daughter's emotions and the desire to believe that the friendship might be continued without harm to her reputation.

He had come to learn that a reputation for peculiarity allowed mere field officers a certain leeway at Court ; ;

As one development followed another, the company's reputation for precision in the graduating field brought it broader and broader opportunities for expansion in precision manufacture.

It would be fine publicity for the man who was willing to walk to the mayor's throne over the broken reputation of a helpless girl!!

they had chosen Catatonia because of its reputation for excellent schools, beaches, and abundance of names.

Even though I have always had a genius for `` throwing myself '' into every role and `` playing it for all it's worth '', no actress can be expected to do her best work when her fortune, her reputation, her livelihood, her home and her nation itself are all imperilled.

The women have a reputation for giving parties that are different and are fun and this year's promises to follow in this fine tradition.

There the name vaguely connotes new-rich wealth, a reputation for eccentricity, and an ardor for collecting art.

Diario De La Marina was the oldest and most influential paper in Cuba, with a reputation for speaking out against tyranny.

Martin Tahse has established quite a reputation for himself as a successful stager of touring productions.

I kept saying, `` If I could just build up a reputation for myself, make some real money, get to be well known as an illustrator -- like Peter Askington, for instance -- then I could take some time off and paint ''.

He attained a reputation for brawn and audacity after a very competitive wrestling match to which he was challenged by the renowned leader of a group of ruffians, " the Clary's Grove boys ".

Despite the bitterness of the defeat for Lincoln, his articulation of the issues gave him a national political reputation.

Lincoln's success depended on his reputation as a moderate on the slavery issue, and his strong support for Whiggish programs of internal improvements and the protective tariff.

A person with a good reputation for reciprocity have a higher chance of receiving help even from persons they have had no direct interactions with previously.

The success of his children's books was to become a source of considerable annoyance to Milne, whose self-avowed aim was to write whatever he pleased and who had, until then, found a ready audience for each change of direction: he had freed pre-war Punch from its ponderous facetiousness ; he had made a considerable reputation as a playwright ( like his idol J. M. Barrie ) on both sides of the Atlantic ; he had produced a witty piece of detective writing in The Red House Mystery ( although this was severely criticised by Raymond Chandler for the implausibility of its plot ).

The popularity and reputation of the cricket series has led to other sports or games, and / or their followers, using the name " Ashes " for contests between England and Australia.

He began working as a general contractor, earning a reputation for being a hard working, honest man as well as having a working man's view on fiscal policy.

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

In San Francisco he has worked with Brew Moore, Charlie Mingus, and other `` swinging '' musicians of secure reputation, thus placing himself within established jazz traditions, in addition to being a part of the San Francisco `` School ''.

His merits and reputation being now generally recognized, his thoughts began to turn from the shores of the Adriatic to the banks of the Tiber, for which he set out at the commencement of his twenty-fourth year.

These relabeled CPUs were not always stable, being overclocked and not tested properly, and this was damaging to AMD's reputation.

Benzodiazepines have a reputation with patients and doctors for causing a severe and traumatic withdrawal ; however, this is in large part due to the withdrawal process's being poorly managed.

The Bundaberg Rum Distillery admitted it was aware its brand had a reputation of being associated with aggression, and said it may change its advertising to dispel its " yobbo " image.

The City College of New York has had a reputation of being " the Harvard of the proletariat.

Dartmoor still has a misplaced reputation for being a high-security prison that is escape-proof.

Amort, who had the reputation of being the most learned man of his age, was a voluminous writer on every conceivable subject, from poetry to astronomy, from dogmatic theology to mysticism.

During that time, the back four consisting of him, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Mauro Tassotti gained a reputation for being of the meanest defenses in Europe.

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.

During the film, his reputation is discussed, and he somewhat lampoons his own reputation for being a temperamental director.

( In a nod to Gamma Worlds reputation for being repeatedly revised, the book's back cover states " That's right, it's the return of the Gamma World ".

William had already acquired the reputation of being the main champion in Europe of the Protestant cause against Catholicism and French absolutism ; in the developing English crisis he saw an opportunity to prevent an Anglo-French alliance and bring England to the anti-French side, by carrying out a military intervention directed against James.

" Hawks was dissatisfied with the film after being certain that dramatic films would establish his reputation, but realized what he had done wrong when Sol Wurtzel told Hawks " Look, you've shown you can make a picture, but for God's sake, go out and make entertainment.

James Macpherson was the first Scottish poet to gain an international reputation, claiming to have found poetry written by Ossian, he published translations that acquired international popularity, being proclaimed as a Celtic equivalent of the Classical epics.

In a notoriously corrupt institution, Melville soon won the reputation of being the only honest employee of the customs house.

Harry earned a reputation in his youth for being rebellious, leading the tabloid press to label him as a " wild child ".

Around the same time, he gave money for a Spanish Republican Army ambulance during the Spanish Civil War, which he put down to being " a soft touch ", an act which enhanced his liberal reputation.

His pupil Gustav Jenner wrote, " Brahms has acquired, not without reason, the reputation for being a grump, even though few could also be as lovable as he.

While the automatic feeder was a success, unverified sources claim that it developed a reputation for being temperamental, prone to breakdowns, and difficult to repair.

By the end of the 19th century, it was confined mainly to Pre-Raphaelite imitators, and it could not avoid being affected by the First World War, which damaged the reputation of chivalry and thus interest in its medieval manifestations and Arthur as chivalric role model.

Killer whales feature strongly in the mythologies of indigenous cultures, with their reputation ranging from being the souls of humans to merciless killers.

It was promoted in cursory fashion: the group, while well liked, had a reputation for being wayward and ill-disciplined, and no one expected much of them or their album.