21.   In one unexpected leap, Blatnick sprang from a grappling grunt into a national celebrity.

22.   It is not surprising, then, that Liautaud and his partner Denis Payre of Business Objects are scarcely national celebrities, in the mode of a Mr. Gates.

23.   Literally overnight, Jane Dee has gone from small-town obscurity to national celebrity.

24.   Many diseases have national celebrity spokesmen, B.J. Fevold said, but for some reason no one has stepped forward for leukemia.

25.   Operation Desert Storm turned little-known generals and Pentagon officials into national celebrities.

26.   Overnight, Bernard Schnakenbourg became a national celebrity.

27.   Quaker Oats discovered Harrington, and she became a national celebrity.

28.   Richardson immediately returned to medical school and national celebrity.

29.   Since then, Bove has become a national celebrity.

30.   Sojo did not have to drive in the winning run in the biggest baseball series on the planet to be a national celebrity in Venezuela.