Romney's departure marks a rare defeat for the man who made his fortune in business and achieved fame with his rescue of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
But he first achieved fame performing works by Chopin, having won the International Chopin Piano Competition in 1960, and familiarity with these pieces has not dimmed their allure for him.
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Da Gama achieved fame and fortune when he led the 1497 expedition that opened up the sea route to India, which had long been the source of the spices that were in demand among European aristocracy.
The American achieved fame and fortune through his tennis exploits and befriended Hollywood stars such as Charlie Chaplin, but he spent over a year in jail in the 1940s on a morals charge, which ruined his reputation before his untimely death in 1953.
American Bill Tilden achieved fame and fortune through his tennis exploits and befriended Hollwyood stars such as Charle Chaplin, but he spent over a year in jail in the 1940s on a morals charge, which ruined his reputation before his untimely death in 1953.
Malcolm, who achieved fame in the early sixties as a compelling spokesman for the black-pride philosophy of the Nation of Islam, is an unlikely hero for a big-studio prestige picture: he begins as a predatory street criminal, becomes a studious Muslim ascetic, and fulfills himself as a scourge.
Just as Abraham-Louis Breguet was a founding father of mechanical watchmaking, his great-great grandson, Louis-Charles Breguet, achieved similar fame in the aviation field.
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The term siamese twins was coined as a reference to Eng and Chang Bunker, who achieved international fame following their birth in what was then Siam in 1811.
Better known as Geohot, he first achieved internet fame at the age of 17 with his announcement of a hardware unlock method for the original iPhone.
Rodriguez first achieved global fame in 1996, before his label even existed, when he designed the bias-cut slip dress Carolyn Bessette wore at her secret wedding to John F.
One public prosecutor, Noha al-Zeiny, achieved instant fame for blowing the whistle on her own experience of fraud, in a contest between a Brotherhood candidate and a former adviser to Mr Mubarak.
He quickly received an Oscar nomination for Sudden Fear, and then achieved greater fame a year later, in 1953, playing evil gunslinger Jack Wilson in Shane, for which he received another Academy Award nomination.
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Mr Walker, in turn, has achieved national fame for taking on the public-sector unions, much as Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, became a hero on the right for imposing budget cuts on reluctant Democrats in his state legislature.
He has worked with dolphins for more than 40 years - but for the first ten years worked for the captivity industry, capturing and training dolphins, including 'Flipper', who achieved world wide fame through a popular TV series.
Since 2008, "you have been seeking to take advantage of the fame you achieved by making the allegations against Roger Clemens, " he told the witness.
Even though Dave Winfield (1, 300 hits as a Yankee), Rickey Henderson (663 hits as a Yankee), Wade Boggs (702 hits as a Yankee) and Paul Waner (1 hit as a Yankee) each played for the Yankees at one point during their Hall of Fame careers and have achieved 3, 000 hits, Jeter is the lone Yankee representative.
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According to a family friend, Mr Park felt burdened by the search for greater fame at home, where his popularity did not match what he achieved in Japan.
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That year we also launched The Business Hall of Fame, an annual tribute to the corporate legends who not only achieved financial success, but also changed the industries and societies in which they worked.
Cal Ripken Jr. achieved stardom as a shortstop with the Baltimore Orioles and is a member of baseball's Hall of Fame.
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