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...integral a contributor as she was, Weed was simply surprised to see as much playing time as she did, given the renown surrounding most of her fellow freshman teammates...
Sheer exultation, of course--because any opportunity to draw attention to this hallowed music requires celebration. Originally recorded primarily in Chicago between 1925 and 1929 as what was then called race music, Armstrong's sessions with his Hot Five and Hot Seven bands quickly elevated him to national renown. They are to jazz (to American popular music in all forms, really) what Shakespeare's plays are to English literature: both the never fading banner of pure genius and the foundation for everything that came later...
...Nobel laureate then launched into a broad, general speech entitled "Global Doubts." Sen expounded on many of the questions that have won him renown in both economic and philosophical circles...
Over the past several years, he has chatted with the princess of Thailand, the King of Jordan, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, the Chinese President and over 3,000 others of national and international renown...
Either alone or as the supervisor of his research teams, Edison amassed more than 1,000 patents, including one for the movie camera. That invention alone would have ensured his lasting renown, but it was only one of the many contributions Edison made to the now ubiquitous technological environment. He created the look and sound of contemporary life. He cared not at all about the fame and wealth he earned as long as he was allowed to get on with his work. He never lost the relentless desire to learn and to make things that had animated...