Kuroda is gradually gaining recognition as the Yankees' best pitcher this season, and also as one of the top Japanese pitchers to have played in the majors.
He gradually earned recognition, however, and was able to acquire, in addition to a town house on the Quirinal, a small country estate near Nomentum (about 12 miles [19 km] northeast of Rome), which may have been given to him by Polla, the widow of Lucan.
And Taiwan's recent political tensions are hardly likely to make China better disposed towards the merits of democracy.Privately, some scholars in Beijing with links to the government say a more sensible course for China would be to move gradually towards recognition of the Republic of China, as Taiwan still officially calls itself, and most importantly allow other countries to do so as well.
Over the past few decades fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) have gradually gained recognition as an effective material for the strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) structures.
Since 1979, Prospect theory has seen a gradually rising recognition of theories, experiments, and discussions that further elaborate on its arguments.
It is with the early works of Jacobs ([1961]), Bourdieu ([1983]), Coleman ([1988]) and Putnam ([1993]; [2000]) that it gradually received recognition.
Targeting inflammatory mediators signaling through the use of anti-inflammatory agents could therefore improve therapeutic options for diabetic liver disease, a diabetic complication that is gradually gaining recognition.
Cohabitation is gradually gaining more recognition in English law and without much debate.
"One year after Sept. 11," Mr. Sharon said, "the free world is gradually reaching the recognition that there is no such thing as good and bad terror, nor does terror have geographic borders.
The PLO under Yasser Arafat gradually won international recognition as the representative of the Palestinian people, culminating in the Oslo Accords with Israel in 1993.
