Oran had once enjoyed some small renown as the westernmost outpost of the Ottoman empire, and was to gain more later as the setting for Albert Camus's "The Plague".
On Dec. 24, 1870, Elizabeth B. Phelps, a suffragist and woman of no small renown, was accused of petty thievery while shopping at Macy's, then at 14th Street and Sixth Avenue.
In some cases, as in Telluride's annual film festival on Labor Day weekend, it can give a small town world renown.
Sukunahikona, in full Sukunahikona No Kami, also spelled Sukunabikona, (Japanese: "Small Man of Renown"), in Japanese mythology, dwarf deity who assisted Ōkuninushi in building the world and formulating protections against disease and wild animals.
KNITTING FACTORY 74 Leonard St., between Broadway and Church St. (212-219-3132) — Aug. 29: The Figgs, who achieved a small measure of renown for being Graham Parker's backing band for a few tours, play a sharp version of three-chord pop punk.
The area is still a hub of such commerce, but now it is much smaller, in both renown and the value of business done, than the internationally famous diamond district on 47th Street between Fifth Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas, which began taking shape around 1940.
But would it have become a subject of international surfer renown, something small children would fantasize about all winter until they made their annual summer pilgrimage to Montauk?
On June 8 , 2010 voters of Carpinteria -- the small California beach town renown for its surfing and coastal beauty -- will face Measure J, a ballot initiative sponsored by Denver-based oil company Venoco , Inc
On our quest to find America's best hot dogs, we started by putting together a list of hot dog places that have attained a level of local renown, whether small-town or big-city.
These linguistic abilities played no small part in his international renown and his colourful, literary style.
William M. Griswold, the museum's director, said that despite the drawings collection's renown, "only a small part of our holdings have been available in digital form".
