He evidently earned the place assigned him.

He was heralded as `` Sportsman of the Year '' by Sports Illustrated, and last night was acclaimed in Rochester as the `` Professional Athlete of the Year '', a distinction that earned for him the $10,000 diamond-studded Hickok Belt.

Polo's travels took him across such a diverse human landscape and his accounts of the peoples he met as he journeyed were so detailed that they earned for Polo the name " the father of modern anthropology.

Kurosawa's essay earned him a call to take the follow-up exams, and director Kajirō Yamamoto, who was among the examiners, took a liking to Kurosawa and insisted that the studio hire him.

This earned him the affectionate sobriquet, " boots the bishop ," from his parishioners.

In his early years he played with the camel foals and goats, and his love for camels earned him the nickname " Abu Bakr ", the father of the foal of the camel.

" Anaxarchus is said to have possessed " fortitude and contentment in life ," which earned him the epithet eudaimonikos (" fortunate "), which may imply that he held the end of life to be eudaimonia.

After the Soviet occupation of 1979, his role as an insurgence leader earned him the nickname of " Lion of Panjshir " ().

Napoleon earned the hatred of the Paolists by pretending to support Paoli and then turning against him ( payment, one supposes, for Sardinia ).

Like his father, Bayezid II was a patron of western and eastern culture and unlike many other Sultans, worked hard to ensure a smooth running of domestic politics, which earned him the epithet of " the Just ".

Aged 14, he amassed 745 runs in the schoolboys ' league, with an average of 126. 16 per innings, which earned him selection for the Trinidad national under-16 team.

In 1995 Lara in the Test match away series against England, scored 3 hundreds in Three consecutive Matches which earned him the Man of the Series award.

" Before this, he had published several works on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and its consequences, but his literary capacity was mediocre, his style stiff and cold, and it was his personal character rather than his reputation as a writer that earned him the confidence of the elector.

Until his death in 1848, Muhammad Ali Pasha instituted a number of social and economic reforms that earned him the title of founder of modern Egypt.

His torrid strikeout numbers earned Wood the nickname " Kid K ," and ultimately earned him the 1998 NL Rookie of the Year award.

McGwire finished the season with a new major league record of 70 homeruns, but Sosa's. 308 average and 66 homers earned him the National League MVP Award.

The young Gaius earned the nickname Caligula ( meaning " little soldier's boot ", the diminutive form of caliga, n. hob-nailed military boot ) from his father's soldiers while accompanying him during his campaigns in Germania.

His constant demands for Western support and funding also earned him the nickname of " General Cash-My-Check ".

He appeared in the primetime TV movies The Satan Murders ( 1974 ) and Thursday's Game before landing the role of Al Pacino's transsexual wife in Dog Day Afternoon ( 1975 ), a performance which earned him nominations for Best New Male Star of the Year at the Golden Globes and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

The quality of his scripts and drawings earned him the nicknames The Duck Man and The Good Duck Artist.

This corner is reportedly named after a local character who had earned the nickname of Tarzan and only wanted to give up his vegetable garden in the dunes if the track's designers named a nearby corner after him.

His aggressive driving style earned him the nickname " The Intimidator ".

His autocratic style of government accentuated the Senate's loss of power, while his policy of treating patricians and even family members as equals to all Romans earned him their contempt.

During its first two seasons, it was the number one program in the U. S. During its second season, it earned some of the highest ratings ever recorded for a half-hour sitcom.

* FPOM — First Pitch Outs Made: Number of outs earned where the batter ground or flies out on the first pitch.

Franklin earned the title of " The First American " for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity ; as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies, then as the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation.

Managed by Harry Wright, Cincinnati adopted a uniform with white knickers and red stockings, and earned the famous nickname, a year or two before hiring the first fully professional team in 1869.

" The album sold 86, 000 copies in its first three months, with the singles " Mono " and " Hold on to Me ", both of which earned competent spots on album charts.

The NLCS sweep earned the Rockies their first National League pennant in franchise history.

He earned his master's degree in theater from The Catholic University of America ( CUA ) in Washington, D. C., where he met his first wife, actress Susan Sarandon ; they divorced in 1979.

In January 1993, only three years after their 1 – 15 season, the Cowboys earned their first Super Bowl trip in 14 seasons.

In 1976 he earned acclaim for his first major film role, portraying Thomas Jerome Newton, an alien from a dying planet, in The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nic Roeg.

Leary first earned fame when he ranted about R. E. M.

Three years later she followed with another hit album, Shepherd Moons, which sold twelve million copies and earned Enya her first Grammy Award.

David Wheeler, who earned the world's first Computer Science PhD working on the project, is credited with inventing the concept of a subroutine.

The film earned Coppola positive feedback and provided Kathleen Turner her first and only Oscar nomination.

Lineker began his football career at Leicester City and became known as a prolific goalscorer ; despite failing to score in his first ten games, he finished as the First Division's joint top goalscorer in 1984 – 85 and earned his first England cap.

In 1934, she earned a Ph. D. in mathematics from Yale under the direction of Øystein Ore .< ref > Though some books, including Kurt Beyer's Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age, reported that Hopper was the first woman to earn a Yale PhD in mathematics, the first of ten women prior to 1934 was Charlotte Cynthia Barnum ( 1860-1934 ).

The horror film style has changed over time, but in 1996 Scream set off a " chain of copycats ", leading to a new variety of teenage, horror movies .< ref name = Stack > This new approach to horror films began to gradually earn more and more income as seen in the progress of Scream movies ; the first movie earned six million and the third movie earned one-hundred and one million.

The Colts finished 0 – 8 – 1 in the strike-shortened 1982 season and earned the team the right to select Stanford quarterback John Elway with the first overall pick, but Elway refused to play for Baltimore, and using leverage as a draftee of the New York Yankees baseball club, forced a trade to Denver.

In a classic game, the Colt overcame a 21 – 3 deficit at halftime and would go onto win the game 38 – 34 and earned a trip to Super Bowl XLI, the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance since 1970 and for the first time in Indianapolis.

His performance earned him another Best Actor Academy Award nomination, 17 years after his first.

The next week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jaguars earned their first home win by defeating the eventual AFC Champions 20 – 16.