1.   As a measure of mainstream acceptance, when the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles recently staged a lowriders exhibit, museum attendance doubled.

2.   But they also feel strongly that gay families deserve mainstream acceptance.

3.   But when that contract expired, IBM was no longer able to offer application compatibility, and its OS quickly lost any hope of mainstream acceptance.

4.   During a panel discussion at a music and media conference in Austin, Texas, industry representatives talked about strategies for increased mainstream acceptance of the music.

5.   For an organization fighting to win mainstream acceptance in an atmosphere of suspicion, association with celebrities in the public mind can be a godsend.

6.   For an organization fighting to win mainstream acceptance in an atmosphere of suspicion, association with celebrities in the public mind can be very beneficial.

7.   It may also be a little embarrassing to win such mainstream acceptance.

8.   Long seen as the purview of the Birkenstock set, such so-called PC investing has been gaining mainstream acceptance.

9.   Nevertheless, the industry is creeping toward mainstream acceptance.

10.   Other speakers said their presence reflected a new mainstream acceptance of the Chicago-based head of the Nation of Islam.