His popularity has enabled him to appear in a light-hearted series of commercials for Walkers, playing a comical role as an arch-villain which sends up his reputation as a nice guy.

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.

Hoover's reputation, experience, and popularity coalesced to give him the nomination on the first ballot, with Senator Charles Curtis named as his running mate.

This service — which many users saw as a way of firmly establishing their online identities — was a significant factor in DALnet's popularity and afforded the network a distinctive reputation among IRCers.

His martyrdom, and the popularity of several biographies, quickly gave rise to a reputation for heroic goodness, resulting in his being elevated to Sainthood, posthumously declared king, and seen as the patron saint of the Czech state.

His reputation now firmly established, he settled for some years at Naples, where, despite the popularity of Niccolò Piccinni, Domenico Cimarosa and Pietro Guglielmi, of whose triumphs he was bitterly jealous, he produced a series of highly successful operas, one of which, L ' ldolo cinese, made a deep impression upon the Neapolitan public.

" Cellier and Bridgeman attributed the rise in quality and reputation of the amateur groups largely to " the popularity of, and infectious craze for performing, the Gilbert and Sullivan operas ".

The program's growing popularity and reputation also began attracting students from allied countries.

Despite his successes and one-time popularity, Harold Wilson's reputation took a long time to recover from the low ebb reached immediately following his second premiership.

Putin's popularity, which stems from his reputation as a strong leader, stands in contrast to the unpopularity of his predecessor, but it hinges on a continuation of economic recovery.

Joyce Kilmer's reputation as a poet is staked largely on the widespread popularity of one poem —" Trees " ( 1913 ).

This was the beginning of Hopper's popularity in Europe and his large worldwide reputation.

Their popularity has declined during the last few centuries, partly due to their reputation of " food for poor people ".

Nonetheless, this struggle only served to enhance the reputation of Philip, and gave him real popularity in Paris, since, in comparison with the profligate and irresponsible Orléans, he appeared a sober and honest reformer.

The novel's reputation for raciness and violence has outlasted the popularity of the book itself.

The alliance combined Caesar's enormous popularity and legal reputation with Crassus's fantastic wealth and influence within the plutocratic Equestrian order ( ordo equester ) and Pompey's equally spectacular wealth and military reputation.

This contributed to Brock's popularity and reputation among his fellow officers, as this duellist had a formidable reputation and was reportedly regarded as a bully in the regiment.

Accessibility to New York City and New Brunswick enhanced the borough's reputation as a prestigious place to live, and the modern suburban ideal of small-town life where tired businessmen could escape the pace of the city grew in popularity.

His reputation as an intelligent and acute expounder of the Bible was founded on his commentary on the Pentateuch, of which the great popularity is evidenced by the numerous commentaries which were written upon it.

Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis helped elevate boxing from a nadir in popularity in the post-Jack Dempsey era by establishing a reputation as an honest, hardworking fighter at a time when the sport was dominated by gambling interests.

The reputation of his music has always been restricted to enthusiasts and has never achieved great popularity.

The reputation and popularity of the Beaulieu collection continued to grow: during 1959 the museum's " attendance figures " reached 296, 909.

Starting in 1962 with a four-team knockout competition known as the Midlands Knock-Out Cup, and continuing with the inaugural Gillette Cup in 1963, one-day cricket grew in popularity in England.

Born in Exeter, England, and raised on cricket, Chadwick was one of the prime movers in the rise of baseball to its unprecedented popularity at the turn of the 20th century.

The desire for standardisation reflected the massive increase in the popularity of cricket during the 18th Century.

The predominance of the English language, the existence of a democratic system of government drawing upon on British Westminster and American constitutionalist and federalist traditions, Christianity as the dominant religion and the popularity of sports such as cricket and rugby evidence a significant Anglo-Celtic heritage.

This was partly due to the popularity of cricket in the city.

Packer was a fan of cricket, which was undergoing a resurgence in popularity during the mid-1970s.

Despite the early popularity of the sport in England, a different version of indoor cricket developed by two different parties in Perth, Western Australia in the late 1970s evolved into the sport known as indoor cricket today.

As the popularity of organised cricket grew throughout England, more county clubs came into contention and, by the mid-1860s, they included Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club, Hampshire County Cricket Club, Lancashire County Cricket Club, Middlesex County Cricket Club and Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

Although cricket had a strong following in the U. S. up to the mid-19th century, its popularity dwindled with the rise of baseball, and it remained an almost unknown sport throughout the 20th century.

New Zealand Cricket chief Justin Vaughan said he was happy with the development because New Zealand was a small market and to exploit a USA market will allow New Zealand Cricket to secure its funding in the long-term and will also allow cricket to develop popularity as a game in the United States.

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, however, West Indian cricket declined, in part due to the rise in popularity of athletics and football in West Indian countries, and the team today is struggling to regain its past glory.

This type of cricket is popular in Pakistan, Bangladesh and somewhat gaining popularity in other South Asian countries and Europe due to the export of the innovative idea from Pakistan.

A respected member of both baseball and cricket communities, his death caused concern in each sport that public perception could consider them dangerous, hurting their popularity.

Van Barneveld now gets chants of ' Barney Army ', which is a play on the supporters of the England cricket team's nickname ' Barmy Army ' as a result of the Dutchman's extreme popularity since he joined the PDC in early 2006.

The following year The Times noted that horse-racing was losing popularity in France, with cricket, on Dorset's recommendation, taking its place.

He gained popularity by regularly attending cricket matches held in Sharjah wearing a green dress with a white star and crescent on it.

Historical membership in the British Empire left a major influence on the country, including the dominance of the English language and the popularity of the two top sports in the country, football and cricket.

After the Second World War cricket regained popularity in Bermuda, and many tours arrived, including some Test sides on the way to the West Indies.

Following the liberation war, which ended by Bangladesh gaining independence in 1971, cricket continued to grow in popularity.

The influence of baseball from the United States saw a decline in the popularity of cricket, despite tours from English and Australian teams.

Many other sports ( notably football ) have long since surpassed cricket in popularity amongst the Dutch, and today there are around 6, 000 cricketers in the Netherlands, making it the 25th most popular sport.

This statement is the first evidence of cricket achieving popularity among the gentry.

As its popularity grew, it spread outwards from its south-eastern heartland and the earliest reports of cricket being played in the north of England date from the 1750s.