31.   And they left with a defense that is quickly earning a reputation in the National Football League for its ferocity, personality and balanced strengths.

32.   As a former mayor of Shanghai, Jiang earned a reputation for cracking down on journalists and fellow Communist Party bureaucrats who crossed him.

33.   Around north Mogadishu, Sheik Ali Sheik Mohammed has earned the reputation of a no-nonsense lawman who has cleaned up a lawless town.

34.   As a result, he earned a reputation for being pro-Oslo, even though as an army officer, he refrained from making political statements.

35.   As a housing secretary, Cisneros had earned a reputation as an innovative architect of housing policy in a time of tight budgets.

36.   As chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Livingston earned a reputation as a tough partisan who knew how and when to make a deal.

37.   As director of the center, he earned a reputation for expertise on state and local taxes, budget deficits, and financing.

38.   As an elected official, she earned a reputation as a fighter for the underpriviliged, the poor, and the disadvantaged.

39.   As an NAACP lawyer, Wilkerson earned a reputation as one of the most successful civil rights attorneys in the city.

40.   As secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, he earned a reputation as an innovative architect of housing policy in a time of tight budgets.