1.   Among his friends, Bowling has cultivated a reputation as a chatty and charming if somewhat eccentric man.

2.   As mayor, Rudolph Giuliani cultivated a reputation for combativeness.

3.   As an EPA official who has cultivated a reputation for being tough on pollution, DeVillars occasionally takes flak over his choice of hobbies.

4.   Bertram cultivated a reputation as witty, insightful and always ready to pose uncomfortable questions.

5.   Beeston also has cultivated a reputation for honesty with players.

6.   For a leader who has cultivated a reputation as a steely defender of Russian interests, Primakov remains surprisingly sensitive about his image in the West.

7.   For nearly a century, Cadillac has cultivated a reputation for building elegant cars.

8.   Gottlieb has long cultivated a reputation for a highly refined and eccentric Bohemianism.

9.   He cultivated a reputation as a visionary who had first foreseen the possibility of consumers shopping by computers, decades before the Internet made that possible.

10.   He also cultivated a reputation for fearlessness.