At the centre of the rapidly escalating political crisis in Hong Kong are two fashion-conscious millennials who shot to prominence in the aftermath of the 2014 umbrella movement protests.
In part because of its size and prominence in American society and its progressive, health conscious populace, New York City sets public health trends - it was one of the first major cities in the United States to ban smoking in bars and restaurants, for example.
Subsequently, small environmentally conscious parties came to hold the balance of power, resulting in greater prominence for environmental and other social issues.
Closer to home, he was always very conscious of Robert Mugabe's resentment of post-apartheid South Africa's rise to prominence, of him being eclipsed by Madiba himself.
A major feature, unusual for its day, is the prominence Monteverdi gives to the chorus throughout L'Orfeo - a conscious gesture just as it is in Euripides, one that brings religion, morality and drama together.
Yet at the same time it was hard to miss the awkward, almost apologetic tone of Time's coverage, as if the magazine's editors were conscious of the fact that they were doing something irregular in giving such prominence to an unashamedly highbrow writer, one who has, moreover, often been criticised in the past for being aloof, curmudgeonly and elitist.
In addition to receiving recognition for the innovation in her records, choreography, music videos, and prominence on radio airplay and MTV, she was acknowledged as a role model for her socially conscious lyrics.
They long for prominence.
They equate prominence with frequency.
Fame brought him political prominence.
