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The reputation and history of Damascus steel have given rise to many legends, such as the ability to cut through a rifle barrel or to cut a hair falling across the blade, but no evidence exists to support such claims.
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The Historia Ecclesiastica has given Bede a high reputation, but his concerns were different from those of a modern writer of history.
Once labelled by Rolling Stone as " the most controversial woman in the history of rock ", Love's sometimes outrageous behavior has given her a lasting place in pop culture, as well as a polarizing reputation in the media.
Although Connecticut has a long maritime history, and a reputation based on that history, Connecticut has no direct access to the sea.
Cantonese style is the unique and charm dishes, which enjoy a long history and a good reputation both at home and abroad.
The request preceded the voyage which established Kidd's reputation as a pirate, and marked his image in history and folklore.
Euripides's reputation was to take a beating early in the nineteenth century when Friedrich Schlegel and his brother August Wilhelm Schlegel championed Aristotle's ' biological ' model of theatre history, identifying Euripides with the moral, political and artistic degeneration of Athens.
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.
Orozco, Siqueiros, Rivera and his wife Frida Kahlo contributed more to the history of Mexican fine arts and to the reputation of Mexican art in general than anybody else.
The history of Gibraltar portrays how The Rock gained an importance and a reputation far exceeding its size, influencing and shaping the people who came to reside here over the centuries.
A few modern scholars have argued that Herodotus exaggerated the extent of his travels and invented his sources yet his reputation continues largely intact: " The Father of History is also the father of comparative anthropology ", " the father of ethnography ", and he is " more modern than any other ancient historian in his approach to the ideal of total history ".
Writers such as Giorgio Vasari followed public opinion in judging the best painters above all on their production of large canvases of history painting, and artists continued for centuries to strive to make their reputation by producing such works, often neglecting genres to which their talents were better suited.
By 1669, the Dutch East India Company was the richest private company in history, with a huge fleet of merchant ships and warships, tens of thousands of employees, a private army consisting of thousands of soldiers, and a reputation on the part of its stockholders for high dividend payments.
Ray's reputation was high also as a tutor ; and he communicated his own passion for natural history to several pupils, of whom Francis Willughby is by far the most famous.
On his return to London in 1846, he wrote a trilogy on the natural history of Jamaica including A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica ( 1851 ), which was " written in a congenial style and firmly established his reputation both as a naturalist and a writer.
The company soon developed a reputation for safe and reliable cars, with a notable competition history.
It was published in two volumes, 1708-1718, and long enjoyed a great reputation ; unfortunately Ockley took as his main authority an MS. in the Bodleian of Pseudo-Al-Waqidi's Futúh al-Shám, which is rather historical romance than history.
It has since gained a reputation as one of the most influential horror films in cinema history.
His The Naval War of 1812 ( 1882 ) established his professional reputation as a serious historian ; he wrote numerous books on hunting, the outdoors, and current political issues, as well as frontier history.
While Toledo has a " rust belt " reputation due to its manufacturing history, in the 2000s, the city received a lot of interest and growth in " green jobs " due to economic development around solar energy.
However, his reputation in Athens was rehabilitated by Pericles in the 450s BC, and by the time Herodotus wrote his history, Themistocles was once again seen as a hero.
Working in relative isolation, he became the earliest theoretical scientist in the United States to earn an international reputation and was praised by Albert Einstein as " the greatest mind in American history.
His tenure has seen the club go through an era of success and dominance both in England and in Europe, giving Ferguson a reputation as one of the most admired and respected managers in the history of the game.
However, Turrell V. Wylie states that censorship in the Mingshi in favor of bolstering the Ming emperor's prestige and reputation at all costs obfuscates the nuanced history of Sino-Tibetan relations during the Ming era.
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The Vandals ' traditional reputation: a coloured steel engraving of the Sack of Rome ( 455 ) by Heinrich Leutemann ( 1824 – 1904 ), c. 1860 – 80
India historically has had a prominent reputation for its steel weapons.
Kamaishi played its part in Japan's post-war boom, continuing its reputation as a steel town, a reputation reflected in the name of its rugby team-the Kaminashi Nippon Steel Rugby Club.
The range of goods produced in late-17th century Birmingham, and its international reputation, were illustrated by the French traveller Maximilien Misson who visited Milan in 1690, finding " fine works of rock crystal, swords, heads of canes, snuff boxes, and other fine works of steel ", before remarking " but they can be had better and cheaper at Birmingham ".
The swords of Masamune have a reputation for superior beauty and quality, remarkable in a period where the steel necessary for swords was often impure.
The all-metal " Tonka Trucks " were sold throughout the world and earned a reputation as being indestructible, although the steel has been increasingly replaced by plastic from the late 1980s onwards.
Schrade was fully aware of Solingen's reputation for having the best cutlery steel in Europe, and he opened a factory to produce his safety pushbutton switchblade knife there, which would become known as the Springer.
Milan Šufflay, historian of international reputation known by his numerous scientific contributions, especially in the field of albanology, was assassinated by a steel rod on a street in the center of Zagreb in 1931.
Seeing the opportunity both to save this man's life and to redeem his reputation, Harrow operated on the gunman for three days, replacing much of his shattered skull with a strong steel alloy.
For engines built during the first part of 1955, the 324 skirted pistons had a reputation for failing due to the cast aluminum skirt separating from its steel interior brace.
To promote his cylindrical steel rail passenger car, Atkinson hired Henry Perky, who had quite a reputation for making money during times that ruined other businessmen.
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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.
The orator of this period, in order to earn a reputation, had to pay close attention to the formal composition of his speech, judging how it would appear in print as well as the effect it would have on the audience that heard it.
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.
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.
Many anarchists also argue that private defense and court agencies would have to have a good reputation in order to stay in business.
Claw-types set quickly in most seabeds and although not an articulated design, they have the reputation of not breaking out with tide or wind changes, instead slowly turning in the bottom to align with the force.
The Proverbs of Alfred, a thirteenth-century work, contains sayings that are not likely to have originated with Alfred but attest to his posthumous medieval reputation for wisdom.
Argentinian people have a reputation for their love of eating.
The biographer Alexander Wheelock Thayer believes that Mozart's rivalry with Salieri could have originated with an incident in 1781 when Mozart applied to be the music teacher of Princess Elisabeth of Württemberg, and Salieri was selected instead because of his reputation as a singing teacher.
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.
However, since the 19th century his reputation has been dramatically rehabilitated by archaeological finds which have repeatedly confirmed his version of events.
The reputation of many undergraduate degrees are also linked to the institution's graduate or research programs, which have some tangible factors for rating, such as research funding and volume, publications and citations.
These events damaged his reputation among the ancient writers, though more recent historians have revised this opinion.
However sales of Jane Eyre continued to be strong, and may have increased as a result of the novel developing a reputation as an ' improper ' book.
Poole, champion of literature, cannot accept Calef whose " faculties, as indicated by his writings appear to us to have been of an inferior order ;..." and his book " in our opinon, has a reputation much beyond its merits.
However, some cases of civil contempt have been perceived as intending to harm the reputation of the plaintiff, or to a lesser degree, the judge or the court.
Danes have enjoyed a reputation as " reluctant " Europeans.
It is these qualities, coupled with El Cid's legendary martial abilities, which have fueled his reputation as an outstanding battlefield commander.
Erasmus's reputation and the interpretations of his work have varied over time.
A few fanzines have evolved into professional publications ( sometimes known as " prozines "), and many professional writers were first published in fanzines ; some continue to contribute to them after establishing a professional reputation.
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.
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