Word: famed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...great night for Soichiro Honda, 82, founder of the company that bears his name. Before an audience of 800 auto-industry elite in Detroit last week, Honda was the first Japanese carmaker to be inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame, where his name will join those of Henry Ford and Walter P. Chrysler. "As I stand here, it feels as if I am standing on a cloud," said Kaminari-san, or Mr. Thunder, as he is known to his workers. His company has put 1.4 million American-made Hondas on the road and sold 5.1 million imports since...
More horrors await. An almost endless train of tuneless trollops traipses by, each one hoping for a taste of fleeting fame on the fleabag cocktail club circuit. Frank moans, "37 singers and not one who could carry a tune. There was a certain surreal quality...
Quan has another claim to local fame: in the middle of his orange groves he has erected a 6-ft. shrine to Zhao Ziyang, the Communist Party leader whose tacit support of the student protesters in Tiananmen Square contributed to his ouster in late June. Near the top of the tiled column is a photograph of Zhao -- with Tommy Quan standing at his side in his Seattle Seahawks cap. "Zhao made it all possible," says Quan. "He showed people that incentives can turn China around. Now that he is out of favor, my friends think I should tear my monument...
...looking forward to the Harvard game," said Indiana Coach Jerry Yeagley, who was recently inducted into the United States Soccer Federation Hall of Fame. "They will be a tough foe, and Mike Getman is one of the bright young coaches in the profession...
Although Dershowitz has argued in higher courts , statistics suggest that his appearance on the courtroom show will be a greater boost for his fame. According to a recent survey, 54 percent of Americans can recognize and name Wapner, while only 9 percent can identify Chief Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist...