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At the very least, Mr. Putin has won wide popularity with his war on oligarchs in a nation where one in five people live in poverty.

The early favorite, according to many experts, is Archbishop Sentamu, a down-to-earth, plain-spoken figure who was jailed by the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin while practicing law in Uganda in the 1970s, and who has won wide popularity among Anglicans in Britain, especially with those who favor a more conservative approach to the social issues besetting the church.

The critics have won wide support.

His cabinet picks have won wide praise.

Asiana flight attendants have won wide praise for their performance.

They have won wide support, as they should.

All but one or two of them won wide popularity; the most successful have been the chamber (small-scale) opera Ariadne auf Naxos (1912; revised 1916, "Ariadne on Naxos"); the giant allegory Die Frau ohne Schatten (1919; "The Woman Without a Shadow"), which some writers have called Strauss's masterpiece; and Arabella (1933), which closely resembles Der Rosenkavalier in many details.

PARIS — Georges Moustaki, a singer and songwriter who wrote Édith Piaf's hit song "Milord" and won wide popularity in France for his poetic lyrics and melancholy ballads, died on Thursday in Nice, France.

The trajectory of Angry Birds also suggests a larger shift in entertainment and in the kinds of brands that can win wide popularity.

Initially, the mambo was too radical for most Cubans and the style did not win wide popularity until bandleader Pérez Parado popularised it in the late 1940s.

SECAUCUS, NJ (January 25 , 2011 – Panasonic today introduced the LUMIX DMC-ZS10 as the newest member of its acclaimed LUMIX ZS-Series of digital cameras that has won worldwide popularity for its versatile lens from ultra wide-angle to long zoom.