41.   Levitt gave frequent speeches and acquired a reputation for his direct, disarming speaking style and ease at the podium.

42.   Later, as hard core evolved into jungle, it acquired the reputation of being a scene that was both criminal-minded and nihilistic.

43.   Living in the shadow of European New World empires, the maroons acquired a reputation as relentless fighters.

44.   Only later would Holly learn that Townsend had acquired a reputation among some of the postal workers at the Oakland plant.

45.   Over the years he acquired a reputation for high living and personal excesses.

46.   Roddick is acquiring a reputation for fragility along with marketability.

47.   Reputations are acquired over time.

48.   Since then, its management style has acquired a reputation for sluggishness.

49.   Some dioceses have acquired reputations as insensitive through the aggressive legal tactics they have used against victims who sue the church.

50.   Some big European investors also acquired reputations for comparable astuteness.