1.   A popular legend grew up about him.

2.   A popular legend grew up that quoted him as saying he would run over his own grandmother for the president.

3.   Already a popular legend, the frontiersman comes to the rowdy mining town lured by gold, gambling and the prospect of a quick death.

4.   But the most popular legend is the tale of a white sea serpent nicknamed Tahoe Tessie.

5.   He takes the stuff of popular legend and fashions it into a raucous pastiche that is equal parts farce and satire.

6.   In England, however, Bolan remains a popular legend and cult hero.

7.   More than three weeks after the unthinkable event, the elegant preserve of presidents, prime ministers and popular legends is outwardly unscathed.

8.   Over sips of the liquor at various stages of the aging process, Pickerell told one of the more popular legends surrounding the birth of bourbon.

9.   Since his assassination, Kennedy has become the stuff of popular legend.

10.   The Hepburn we get here is smarter, stronger and more vulnerable than the Kate of popular legend.