Widely considered to be one of the most beautiful galaxies visible, M51 has many star-forming regions and nebulae in its arms, coloring them pink and blue in contrast to the older yellow core.

Widely considered a national hero, William Brown is the most famous Irish citizen in Argentina.

Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization in the West, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, all native to the territory of modern-day Iraq.

Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, and jazz fusion.

* Socrates: Widely considered the founder of Western political philosophy, via his spoken influence on Athenian contemporaries ; since Socrates never wrote anything, much of what we know about him and his teachings comes through his most famous student, Plato.

* Bill James: Widely considered the father of sabermetrics due to his extensive series of books, although a number of less well known SABR researchers in the early 1970s provided a foundation for his work.

Widely admired for its credible presentation of a comprehensively imagined future human society on both the Earth and the moon, it is generally considered one of Heinlein's major novels as well as one of the most important science fiction novels ever written.

Widely considered uncharismatic, he occasionally made rude statements about immigrants and other politicians.

Widely considered an impossible standard, a situation stemming from the nature of knowledge itself, it is valuable to mention only as a comment on the fact that evidence in a court never need ( nor can ) reach this level.

Widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the most well-known churches ever built, Notre Dame is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris ; that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra ( official chair ) of the Archbishop of Paris, currently André Vingt-Trois.

* Widely considered to be unofficial national tree of Russia.

Widely considered to have been one of the greatest catchers in the history of the game, Campanella played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1940s and 1950s, as one of the pioneers in breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball.

Widely considered to be America ’ s top medal contender for the 2004 Olympic Games, González stunned fans on June 12, 2003 when he decided to bypass the games and turn pro at the age of 18.

Widely considered Foley ’ s finest work, the foundation stone was laid in 1864 and the monument unveiled to enormous crowds in 1882.

Widely considered originators of a unique sound and live performance style, Skinny Puppy are also known as pioneers of industrial rock and electro-industrial, genres in which they may be seen to have spawned " a litter of like-minded bands ".

Widely considered a traffic blackspot, and an accident hotspot ( due to its unusual egg-shape and camber angle causing lorries to tip over ), there have been wide calls for its removal, particularly with the projected increase in traffic with the completion of the tunnel.

Widely considered as early favourites by the media, the band eventually finished first, having earned tight 50, 5 % of the audience vote over Fortenbacher in the second and final election round.

Widely considered sexist, these captions were replaced in the late 1990s with a simple listing of models ' first names, ages, and hometowns.

Widely known as " Catedral Basílica de Durango ", it is situated in the heart of the city of Durango and is considered the most important architectural representation of the state, and one of the most beautiful buildings in northern Mexico.

Widely considered one of the best fighters of all time, Greb was named the 7th greatest fighter of the past 80 years by The Ring Magazine, the 5th greatest fighter of all-time by historian Bert Sugar and ranked as the # 1 middleweight and the # 2 pound-for-pound fighter of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization.

Widely distributed and not uncommon, it is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN

Widely considered to be one of the world's finest harbours, it is known for its beauty, and in particular, as the location of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge which connects central Sydney with the Northern Suburbs region extended metropolitan area.

Widely considered by numerous landscape architects, to be the masterpiece of its creator, Japanese landscape designer Takeo Shiota ( 1881 – 1943 ).

Widely considered as the " most famous museum of impressionist painting in the world ", the rooms bore names such as Salle Degas, Salle Cézanne, or Salle Monet.

Widely seen as his magnum opus, it is an elucidation of his Traditionalist world view.

Widely used since, it has been criticized by its inventor, as Gibson himself would later describe it as an " evocative and essentially meaningless " buzzword that could serve as a cipher for all of his " cybernetic musings ".

Widely believed to be a synonym for Mecca, it is said to be more specifically the early name for the valley located therein, while Muslim scholars generally use it to refer to the sacred area of the city that immediately surrounds and includes the Kaaba.

Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal.

Widely used for pumping difficult materials such as sewage sludge contaminated with large particles, this pump consists of a helical shaped rotor, about ten times as long as its width.

Widely condemned for its brutality, including violence deployed against peasants, trade union organizers, popularly elected officials and the general civilian population, the Shining Path is described by the Peruvian government as a terrorist organization.

Widely acknowledged as one of the peaks of the operatic repertory, Tristan was notable for Wagner's advanced use of chromaticism, tonality, orchestral colour and harmonic suspension.

Widely criticized for his actions, he argued that he wanted to know who was responsible and was willing to shock the magazine's readers in the hope that someone would come forward with information.

Widely used systems for tagging English text with parts of speech, such as the computer program MontyLingua, based on the Penn Treebank list of tags, do not use this category.

Widely publicized arrests have led to a call to reform the Law of Return to permit the revocation of Israeli citizenship for – and the subsequent deportation of – neo-Nazis.

Widely and often cited, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage is renowned for its witty passages, such as:

Widely criticised for using mostly non-singing actors and shunned by the public at the time, the film has gone on to become more of a success on videocassette and DVD, though there are those who still find fault with it.

Widely reported pit bull attacks have resulted in the enacting of breed-specific legislation in several jurisdictions, as well as increased premiums for liability insurance.

The second book in the series, its full title being A Teacher's Word Book of the Twenty Thousand Words Found Most Frequently and Widely in General Reading for Children and Young People, was published in 1932, and the third and final book, The Teacher's Word Book of 30, 000 Words, was published in 1944.

* A Teacher's Word Book of the Twenty Thousand Words Found Most Frequently and Widely in General Reading for Children and Young People ( 1932 )

Widely cultivated for its flowers, jasmine is enjoyed in the garden, as a house plant, and as cut flowers.

Widely acclaimed as a landmark picture, the film is noted both for the memorable music scene near the beginning that sets the tone for what lies ahead: a trip into unknown and potentially dangerous territory, and for its infamous " squeal like a pig " male rape scene.

Widely known for some of the best bass fishing in NY.

Widely recognized as a rabbi of exceptional talent, Yisrael Salanter became head of a yeshivah in Vilna, where he quickly became well known in the community for his scholarship.