1.   As in the case of so many who were to become leaders of independent Caribbean states, he first tasted power and attained prominence as a labor leader.

2.   In an unusual twist, Bloomberg has attained social prominence on his own, not propelled by a wife helping to spend his fortune on good causes and entertaining.

3.   That exhibition displayed the entire arsenal of tools with which Italian architects attained cultural prominence.

4.   The Beardstown Ladies attained national prominence when CBS This Morning aired a satellite feed from Beardstown, Ill. highlighting their amazingly successful investment club.

5.   The Rouse, meanwhile, touches on yet another compositional byway that has attained prominence in American music, the School of Mystical Notions and Sparkly Percussion.

6.   Though built after the war, they were designed by architects who attained prominence in the Weimar years.

7.   Warner gained popularity in recent years through hard work, overcoming early criticisms that he was an empty suit who had attained prominence through strategic marriages.