11.   Palmer, who won seven major professional championships and whose popularity made the American senior tour possible, remains one of the biggest drawing cards in golf.

12.   But she became a star in Afghanistan under communist rule, and her popularity made her a target of authorities.

13.   He said the popularity makes perfect sense.

14.   His popularity long made the military uneasy.

15.   Locals complain that popularity has made the running more dangerous as inexperienced tourists crowd the narrow, fenced-off streets where the bulls are let loose.

16.   Soaring popularity makes him tacit rival of ally Berlusconi.

17.   The wide popularity made him an ideal compromise premier between the Kremlin and the Communist opposition in parliament, and his appointment quelled a major political feud last autumn.