For Majoli, the victory was her only major mark of brilliance, a career watershed celebrated in her native Croatia, and one that now seems like a faded postcard.
Sometimes he was very fast, particularly in the preludes: the one in G major was distinguished by brilliance as well as speed.
The 363 mile long Erie Canal represented a major feat of engineering brilliance, heritage and enterprise at the time of its construction that took just seven years and was finished in 1825.
This novel is viewed as Lawrence Durrell's first major work and its showy brilliance is certainly that of a born writer, but one very much under the influence of Henry Miller and still in his early 20s.
Nicknamed "The Wizard" for his defensive brilliance, Smith set major league records for career assists (8,375) and double plays (1,590) by a shortstop (the latter since broken by Omar Vizquel), as well as the National League NLL) record with 2,511 career games at the position; Smith won the NL Gold Glove Award for play at shortstop for 13 consecutive seasons (1980 1992).
"I wanted Americans to have another narrative about major issues – one informed by the brilliance of black and brown women's intellect," Armah says.
For all her accomplishments as soccer's leading scorer and the biggest superstar in women's team sports, Mia Hamm has never sustained her brilliance consistently throughout a major tournament like the World Cup or the Olympics.
"It's a combination of three major national characteristics: laziness, impatience and latent brilliance.
With unassuming brilliance, OutKast has finessed a major rift that now runs through hip-hop.
Making his way to the Scottish Highlands in August 1644, Montrose raised an army of Highlanders and Irishmen, and within a year his tactical brilliance had brought him victories in major battles: at Tippermuir (Tibbermore), Aberdeen, Inverlochy, Auldearn, Alford, and Kilsyth.
