Paulson is renowned for betting against an overheated housing market before the financial crisis netted his fund $15bn and cemented his personal fortune, estimated by Forbes at $11.2bn.
The Lib-Con partnership has been a very British phenomenon, cemented by personal relationships and the success of two party elites discovering sufficient personal chemistry and affinity of objective – principally on fiscal strategy – to keep the show on the road.
It was a startling ascent up the acting tree, and cemented her place on the A-list of performing talent.
This was Shelby, a landscape of clapboard Baptist churches and faceless corporate franchises, where one man, acting in almost total isolation, had over a period of eight years cemented his reputation as the most fearsome digital pirate of all.
12 Billy Twelvetrees 7/10 No repeat of his close-range try in this fixture last year but a convincing display in attack and defence and has cemented his place in the No12 position.
That it should be a novel which cemented the notion of Christmas as the grand secular holiday we now have (Jesus is mentioned only obliquely) is something even the most cynical fiction writer revels in.
Mirvish cemented his status as cultural hero by becoming a theatre impresario, refurbishing the Royal Alexandra Theatre in 1963 (another supposedly unviable building slated for the wrecking ball) and the Old Vic in London, which went on to enjoy a golden age, and for which Mirvish was awarded a CBE.
Strong business support, lots of startup activity and plenty of investment opportunities cemented its reputation as an up-and-coming startup hub.
During that time MacKenzie cemented his reputation as a tub-thumping rightwinger, with pieces including one suggesting that Scottish people enjoyed spending money but not creating it.
Nigel Farage has cemented his control over Ukip after an attempted coup against his leadership, with the party confirming Suzanne Evans will no longer serve as policy chief and Patrick O'Flynn resigning as economics spokesman.
If Labour manages to win this election – or, more realistically, if it comes as close to winning as this infuriating stalemate of a campaign will allow – the history books will show that victory was cemented back at one minute past 10 on the evening of 26 March 2015.
