But perhaps the most important factor in its recent popularity has been a German immigrant glass blower named Gerhard Finkenbeiner, who ran a scientific instrument company in Waltham, Mass.
In a recent survey on the popularity of smartphones in Japan, 57.9% of all respondents replied they are interested in the Apple model the most.
To this day, my father is admired by his people — in a recent poll, Gallup pegged his popularity at 82 percent.
The Times, in a recent article probing Ivanka's popularity in China, reported that the First Daughter has been compared to a goddess, and she does, in certain ways, fulfill the image of the consummate Westerner in the Chinese imagination: regal, poised, resplendently golden.
His reluctance comes, in part, from taxidermy's recent popularity.
But part of its recent popularity in the UK is a result of specific ideological motivations.
As an alternative to the GGD, the -stable density family has gained recent popularity in addressing heavy-tailed problems.
Germany's Social Democrats, who share power with the right, are fast losing both members and popularity.In a recent paper for a British think-tank, Progress, Denis MacShane, a Labour member of parliament, argued that "the democratic left in Europe faces its gravest crisis in more than half a century".
A recent surge in popularity of vacation rentals has been fueled, in part, by the recession, said Christine Karpinski of Vacation Rentals By Owner.
