1.   Each is steeped in interesting history and has at least one claim to national fame.

2.   Her oil paintings won her national fame.

3.   Boston fans will recall how the slam dunk competition vaulted Dee Brown into national fame.

4.   From those who achieved national fame from their books, movies and plays comes mostly silence.

5.   He achieved national fame, but also a reputation for bitterness.

6.   However, he hardly shies away from his brief moment of national fame.

7.   I was also struck by the fact that from the first day of his national fame, Presley freely acknowledged his musical debt.

8.   Last week the state mourned the death of a beloved former Democratic governor who gained national fame as a rare opponent of abortion in his party.

9.   Manny, whose real name is Micah Papp, achieved national fame when David Letterman found him in a Haight Street doorway.

10.   Olathe Sweet sweet corn has brought national fame to the town that once was dying.