A popular figure Bekele was a hugely popular figure who had become synonymous with the nation's ambitious flagship dam project, a source of national pride.
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The president is hardly a popular figure among New Yorkers.
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In spite of all that, Zuma remains a popular figure.
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More so, if you happen to be a popular figure.
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Kobach had not been a particularly popular figure in Kansas.
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He is a popular figure who crosses traditional political lines.
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Thomas is seen as a popular figure among the other justices.
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But Donald Trump is also a very popular figure in Kentucky.
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Sandoval, a hugely popular figure in the state, was term-limited.
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Qassem Soleimani, Tehran's top security commander and a popular figure across Iran.ADVERTISEMENTgoogletag.cmd.
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Muhammad Dahlan, once a popular figure in Gaza, is widely considered corrupt.
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A popular figure in this movement is the Canadian Youtube host Lauren Southern.
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But Mr. Khatami remained perhaps the most enduringly popular figure in Iranian politics.
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Mr. Shine is a popular figure with some of the network's veteran anchors.
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Hopp is not a popular figure among many of Germany's more engaged fans.
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Marème has emerged as a wildly popular figure, among both men and women.
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Marème has emerged as a wildly popular figure, among both men and women.
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LONDON — It's common knowledge that Donald Trump isn't exactly a popular figure in Scotland.
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Ford was a popular figure for his outsized personality and decidedly atypical political demeanor.
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" He added that Mr. Plahotniuc "is the least popular figure in Moldova right now.
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He knows that he remains without question the most popular figure in his party.
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In 1954, Ho Chi Minh, the President of North Vietnam, was a popular figure.
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General election polls show Trump to be the least popular figure of the three.
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Jesse Jackson — who sought a full pardon and remains a popular figure in Illinois.
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Sanders became a popular figure at Trump rallies, sought after for selfies by his supporters.
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But it also prevents the party's most popular figure from defending Clinton in much detail.
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The politician was a popular figure for his outsized personality and decidedly atypical political demeanor.
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"He was both a popular figure, guiding the rebellion, and a military commander," said Maj.
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Polls have consistently shown that Ms. Bishop is the party's most popular figure with voters.
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It certainly doesn't hurt him in New Jersey, where Judge Moore isn't a popular figure.
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The HDP nominated Demirtas despite his imprisonment because he remains the party&aposs most popular figure.
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Special forces head Wanis Boukhamada is a popular figure and Werfalli himself has a loyal following.
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Mr Trump remains a popular figure in Louisiana; national liberal icons like Nancy Pelosi, less so.
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It made him a popular figure nationally, seen by the public as a man above politics.
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Mosley is an incredibly popular figure on the far right, especially in the U.S. and Australia.
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He became an immensely popular figure, thanks in part to regular displays of largess toward fans.
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The United States just killed a very popular figure within powerful armed circles across the region.
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They were turning on a popular figure in their own party and losing an effective media surrogate.
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Last but by no means least, McCain was a broadly popular figure with considerable cross-party appeal.
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Thatcher is hardly a popular figure in France, where proposals for market-oriented reform often arouse protest.
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He emerged as a popular figure, but his support largely evaporated because of various scandals and missteps.
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Ms. Collins is a popular figure there and her denunciation can be expected to land with force.
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He is married to Zhang Zetian, a popular figure on social media known as Sister Milk Tea.
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His brother, Edward, had previously visited the US as a prince and had become a popular figure.
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She has to run again this year, against Mark Kelly, the former astronaut, who's a popular figure.
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Obama is still the most popular figure in the Democratic Party, but especially so among African American voters.
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Bernie Sanders, a popular figure among the far left and young Democrats, and Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, to Arizona.
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One of the best paid CEOs in Britain, Bailey remains a hugely popular figure in the fashion industry.
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By 1942, he was widely considered the most popular figure of the New Deal, alongside J. Edgar Hoover.
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A popular figure in the Philippines, Pacquiao is significant both as an athlete and an increasingly influential politician.
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Mr. Brown, who has served as governor for 103 of the last 40 years, remains a popular figure.
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Mr. Basuki, 50, the grandson of a tin miner from Guangzhou, China, has been a popular figure here.
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I was stunned to see that Mike Pfleger was the most popular figure in the African-American community.
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Zuma was once a wildly popular figure who was celebrated as an anti-apartheid hero in Mandela's realm.
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LONDON — At least according to street art, Donald Trump isn't the most popular figure in Britain at the moment.
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Clinton tried to undercut Sanders' support among supporters of Obama, who remains a popular figure in the Democratic Party.
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LONDON — It's probably fair to say that David Cameron isn't the most popular figure in the UK right now.
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His reputation for being a good guy has helped make "Uncle Joe" a hugely popular figure on the left.
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Zuma was once a wildly popular figure who was celebrated as an anti-apartheid hero in Nelson Mandela's realm.
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Robert was a popular figure in his hometown, known for being a philanthropist and businessman along with a rancher.
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Mr. Basuki, 50, the grandson of a tin miner from Guangzhou, China, has been a popular figure in Jakarta.
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Emperor Akihito, Hirohito's eldest son, has a strictly ceremonial role but is a respected and popular figure in Japan.
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The stand-up comedian Dieudonné M'Bala M'Bala became a wildly popular figure with "jokes" that played on Jewish stereotypes.
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Part of that may require Sanders supporters to acknowledge that Clinton remains a popular figure in the Democratic Party.
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He spoke before Congress, visited President Clinton in the White House and became a popular figure in white Pentecostal circles.
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Perhaps the most popular figure in the GOP, House Speaker Paul Ryan, has signaled a desire for détente with Trump.
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We hope that our garden captures the energy and spirit that made her such a popular figure around the world.
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He attacked George W. Bush, a popular figure in the state, for his handling of terrorism and the Iraq war.
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The party cannot be lulled into passivity and implicit racialization by a popular figure, as occurred during the Reagan era.
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Neither was Tom Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback, a hugely popular figure in the key state of New Hampshire.
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Biden invoked President Barack Obama — a popular figure among Democrats — at every turn, but Booker called him out about it.
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Roosevelt was still a popular figure, and Mr. Glazier had been the executive director of the Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Center.
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And once she got to Ireland, she became a popular figure because of her efforts to promote American investment there.
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At Thursday's debate, however, candidates went out of their way to praise Obama, who remains the party's most popular figure.
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Abraham Lincoln, born on February 12, 1809, became a popular figure after freeing the slaves and ending the Civil War.
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The Missouri Legislature is dominated by Republicans, but Mr. Greitens is not a popular figure even in his own party.
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He was a hugely popular figure in Iran, and a frequent rhetorical target of President Donald Trump and his aides.
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Formerly a prominent journalist in Scotland, Jardine was first elected in 2017 and is a popular figure within the party.
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Clinton, whose husband has long been a popular figure here, had the support of many of the major Democratic organizations. Mrs.
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The temple is devoted to the sea goddess Mazu, a popular figure in Taiwan that governs everything from safety to fortune.
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A popular figure with investors, Gordhan served as Minister of Finance from 2009 until 2014 and again from 2015 until 2017.
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Warren, a popular figure in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, previously endorsed the more moderate Hillary Clinton for president.
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The focus on Tuesday will be politics, as Mr. Trump, who is anything but a popular figure in Britain, and Mrs.
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He's a popular figure in racing Earnhardt was voted as NASCAR's most popular driver in 2017 for the 15th straight year.
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It didn't help relations between him and the governor that Mr. Byford had become a popular figure among many New Yorkers.
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While she has become a popular figure with some Republicans on Capitol Hill, she will discover how far her sway extends.
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Though Miles has been a popular figure in the comic books, his story had never made it to the big screen.
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We're guessing Cooper will be a popular figure at basic training, with plenty of stories to share with his new comrades.
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Which was always sort of odd because, well, Obama is a hugely popular figure across all slices of the Democratic Party.
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Others argued that Trump's critique of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a popular figure among conservatives in the state, gave Cruz a boost.
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The matinee matchup focused on the return of Karlsson, a popular figure and captain during his stellar nine-year career in Ottawa.
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Likened to a "rockstar" in India, Rajan became a popular figure in a country where central bankers typically stay outside the limelight.
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He remains a popular figure in the Texas capital's burgeoning tech scene and is still searching to find the city's top talent.
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Ms. Warren has since emerged as a very popular figure in the Democratic Party and a fierce advocate for the middle class.
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Obama remains a relatively popular figure, with a 51 percent approval rating from Gallup and a 90 percent approval rating among Democrats.
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And Republicans say that while Cruz isn't the most popular man in the Senate, he remains a popular figure among respected conservatives.
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Her moves to curb regulation and limit lawsuits, in particular, even made her a more popular figure among business-minded establishment Republicans.
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Moore, meanwhile, has cast the campaign as an opportunity to reject McConnell -- a much less popular figure among Alabama Republicans than Trump.
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Fall from grace Zuma was once a wildly popular figure who was celebrated as an anti-apartheid hero in Nelson Mandela's realm.
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Carson, a former neurosurgeon, built his political career as a popular figure in the religious-right community where Moore is also popular.
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The son of an experienced player, Curry had the adroitness to become a popular figure transcending racial boundaries with an attractive family.
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Willkie went on to become a popular figure who ran a strong race against Franklin Roosevelt before eventually going down by 10 points.
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Lula remains a popular figure in Brazilian politics, and was the presidential frontrunner this year before being barred from the election in August.
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On arrival in America, he was welcomed by devotees of the great Sufi poet Rumi and became a popular figure at spiritual gatherings.
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There was the fact that Trotsky, exiled since 19379, remained a popular figure among the Spanish Communists fighting in that country's civil war.
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The meetings can be tense, but Tribble's skill and easy personality make him a popular figure, people who have worked with him said.
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Harry, 33, the younger son of the late Princess Diana, has himself always been a very popular figure member of the royal family.
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Mr. Spencer, a popular figure in the white nationalist world, said he did not believe that Mr. Trump subscribed to his entire worldview.
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His predecessor had been a widely popular figure, credited with dramatically curbing both attacks by militants against civilians and political corruption and extortion.
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As local lawmakers pointed out, Ms. Heitkamp may find it politically advantageous to cozy up to the most popular figure in the state.
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Mr. Soames, 71, has served in Parliament for 37 years and is a popular figure, known to have a lively sense of humor.
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Wounded pride in Japan was met by the opposite feeling in Lebanon, where Ghosn's business success has long made him a popular figure.
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Robert J. Kibbee, the CUNY chancellor, recommended Dr. Cobb, but faculty members, students and alumni preferred Dr. Hirschfield, a popular figure on campus.
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But there's a recognition that Sullivan can only do so much, and he remains a more popular figure within the department than Pompeo.
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Currently, Sykes is portraying another popular figure in music: Motown star David Ruffin, in Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations.
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She became one of the most recognizable faces of the administration, a popular figure on the right who was cheered at Mr. Trump's rallies.
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She had spent 000 years as part of the 229st Century Fox family and was a popular figure among the cable network's conservative viewers.
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Guaido remains a popular figure across Venezuela despite the fact that he has little access to the media institutions under Maduro's thumb, Vecchio said.
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A big part of the turnaround is Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald who has become a hugely popular figure, consistently leading approval rating polls.
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Hugely popular figure, has his roots in a far right Hindu Nationalist organization called the RSS, which was modeled on the Nazis in the 1930s.
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"The Donald Trump post-first season of The Apprentice all of a sudden became a very popular figure on Main Street, U.S.A.," Dowd told Frontline.
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Princess Haya, 45, is the daughter of Jordan's late Queen Alia, a popular figure with Palestinian roots who died in a helicopter crash in 1977.
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Obama remains a popular figure among Democratic donors, making him an important surrogate for Democratic candidates looking to storm to victory in pivotal gubernatorial races.
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Like most politicians you wouldn't exactly have called him a popular figure during his time in Parliament, but since he's left politics things have changed.
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Soleimani – by far the most popular figure in Iran when he died – served as the central player in managing Iranian relationships with armed "proxy" groups.
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The most popular figure on the left, by some polling consensus, identifies as an independent: Mr. Sanders, who would be 79 on Election Day 2020.
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Last fall, Harris campaigned for DeJear, a popular figure in the state who narrowly lost her bid to become Iowa's Secretary of State in November.
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Several new national polls have since found her pulling ahead of Sanders, erasing earlier signs that Sanders was becoming the more popular figure among Democrats.
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It's a low point for a man who was once a popular figure in Arizona politics and who drew national attention for his extreme positions.
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PRAVIN GORDHAN - PUBLIC ENTERPRISES MINISTER A popular figure with investors, Gordhan served as Minister of Finance from 2009 until 2014 and again from 2015 until 2017.
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Clinton is not a popular figure, and she has a poor relationship with the media that will make it difficult for her to become better-liked.
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Last month, Palin endorsed Trump, a boost for the billionaire in his tight race with Cruz in Iowa, where she remains a popular figure with conservatives.
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He's leaving office as a popular figure: His approval rating has reached a seven-year high of 59 percent, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.
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Fast forward 12 months and Stephens is back at Flushing Meadows seeded third, and with the exception of Serena Williams, arguably the tournament's most popular figure.
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Her comments were criticized by Republicans, though some Democrats were reluctant to take on Waters, a popular figure among progressives and a longtime member of Congress.
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While that might not have been enough to boost Clinton into his office, it bodes well for Democrats that their most popular figure is, well, popular.
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The party vote that toppled Malcolm Turnbull on Friday also spurned Julie Bishop, the widely respected foreign minister and the party's most popular figure with voters.
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His most popular figure to date, the Phantom Starkiller cosmic ghoul warrior, was also recently released in a limited edition by Super2100, a designer toy company.
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However, the President does understand Mattis is a popular figure and that it would be difficult to find an acceptable reason to replace him, the officials said.
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After retiring from the ring, Mr. Gibbons helped run illegal casinos in Manhattan and became a popular figure in night life circles, his sister, Margaret Gibbons, said.
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He was initially a relatively popular figure: a gregarious lawman, complete with mustache and lit cigar, who spoke of bringing modern police management techniques to the department.
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Entrepreneur Guillermo Rauch, a popular figure in the web development world, held a successful virtual tech conference as the coronavirus crisis was just getting started in December.
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Another possibility could be Marwan Barghouti, a popular figure who is now in an Israeli prison for murder and someone Mr. Dahlan has said he could support.
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Trim and friendly, he became a popular figure, tasked with praising the state's founders in speeches on "Delaware Day" and flanking the governor at bill-signing ceremonies.
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Though she had been a popular figure in other markets before her special, its release catapulted Gadsby into a new realm of awareness in American pop culture.
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More than 100 people have been injured by a freak wave after trying to take a picture with the popular Figure 8 Pools in Sydney on Saturday.
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Since then, Sisi has become a popular figure among American conservatives; a "folk hero," as my colleague Max Fisher says, for hard-line war-on-terror types.
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But if you make up a story about a popular figure like Pope Francis or Tom Hanks endorsing Donald Trump, then you get a cheap and easy scoop.
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Even with the security community in a confused uproar, Hutchins continues to be a very popular figure, and a legal fundraising effort is said to be under way.
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Elizabeth Warren, a popular figure among the far-left, has thrown her support behind Hillary Clinton for president, following President Barack Obama's official endorsement the presumptive Democratic nominee.
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Clinton's primary opponent Bernie Sanders, a popular figure among young voters, has also contended that this election is not the time to vote for a third-party candidate.
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Although no longer the supremely popular figure that he once was, he has long been able to cultivate relationships with members of Congress on various sides and parties.
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In six months in the presidency, Trump's already established a pattern: When his agenda is floundering, he returns to the theme that first made him a popular figure.
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Ms. Black, who began the race as the apparent front-runner, was among the candidates who galloped rightward and heartily embraced Mr. Trump, a popular figure in Tennessee.
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Kirchner, a polarizing but still widely popular figure, has portrayed Mr. Maldonado's case as emblematic of a government that is callous toward the poor and other marginalized Argentines.
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Here is Biden, the loyal veep to the most popular figure in the Democratic Party, unable to fill a room without the artful arrangement of chairs and lectern.
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Mr. Johnson remains a relatively popular figure in Britain; the Conservative Party has held on to its lead in the polls through weeks of wrenching debate over Brexit.
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Her televised theatrics are one reason why she has become a hugely popular figure on the right and why her Twitter mentions pulsate with love from Trump supporters.
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Muammar el-Qaddafi, the former Libyan dictator who became a popular figure in Pakistan after he expressed support for the country's nuclear program during a visit in 1974.
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Bright future cut short Khanyisile was a popular figure in Ladysmith -- a teacher at the local primary school, and a life-long member of the African National Congress (ANC).
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The #MarchOnGoogle protests were spearheaded by Jack Posobiec, a popular figure among members of the "alt-right," best known for helping to propagate the #Pizzagate and Seth Rich conspiracies.
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Chris Cuomo, the son of one New York governor and the brother of another, is a popular figure on CNN's morning program "New Day," which ends at 9 a.m.
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The board's unpopularity raised some doubts that Rosselló would pick Pierluisi, but the former resident commissioner remains a popular figure both within his party and among the general public.
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She felt the influence of fellow female magician Frances Marshall, who was a popular figure in the world of magic who was well-connected and well-respected in Chicago.
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Obama's evolution from reluctant campaign spouse in the 2008 cycle, one whom Republicans and some Democrats repeatedly caricatured as divisive, into the most popular figure in the Democratic Party.
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Mr. Sun was apologetic after the report and resolved to strengthen his efforts to wipe out the legacy of Mr. Bo, who had been a popular figure in Chongqing.
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She is also a granddaughter of Mario Biaggi, the Bronx Democratic congressman who went to prison in the 1980s for corruption, but remains a popular figure in the borough.
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A top contender to take over as president, Moise Katumbi, a popular figure and a former Kabila ally, has not set foot in the country for over a year.
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Such a popular figure could do a tremendous amount of good today if she directed her attention to bringing people together by finding common ground and advancing important causes.
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Biden's full embrace of Obama -- all eight years, "good and bad" -- was also smart, since Obama remains a hugely popular figure in the Democratic Party especially among black voters.
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I know Draco is a popular figure in fandom, but I'd argue that you have to read hard against the text to find a lot of shading for him.
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Despite his early exit from the national contest, the governor remains an immensely popular figure among Wisconsin Republicans, with eight-in-ten approving of the job he's done as governor.
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But he was a popular figure among U.S. dealers, who viewed him as critical to the German company's attempts to win back customers in the world's second-biggest car market.
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And the hero chosen for the highest of Olympic honors was ... Yuna Kim, the profoundly popular figure skater who won the gold medal in 1976 and the silver in 228.
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Lyle, who was first treated for cancer as a teenager, became a popular figure in the golfing world, recognized for his persistence in returning to play after facing health challenges.
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In large swaths of the country, Mr. Trump remains a popular figure, likely limiting the inroads Democrats can make into rural areas where their appeal has faded in recent years.
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He has described your relationship as "direct and frank" but knows you are not a popular figure in France (polls have shown that you have a 14% approval rating there).
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Mr. Ito has been a popular figure at the lab since taking over in 2011, pulling it out of a postrecession lull while dazzling students and well-heeled donors alike.
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Emperor Akihito, a hugely popular figure in Japan who keeps up a grueling travel schedule, had asked to abdicate so that he could give Prince Naruhito, 57, time to rule.
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She is a popular figure at home, where her all-court game, modest and plain-spoken personality, and family history have struck a chord with the younger and older sets.
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Sixth-ranked American Jordan Spieth opened with a 70 while three-times former winner Phil Mickelson, a popular figure at Scottsdale after attending the nearby Arizona State University, carded a 68.
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A challenge by a popular figure like Manuela Schwesig, prime minister of the state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, or Olaf Scholz, the mayor of Hamburg, could deny him the party leadership.
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Prior to BGF, she was a general partner at Entrepreneur First, the London-headquartered deep tech company builder, which is backed by Greylock, and remains a popular figure amongst EF alumni.
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But the popular figure is also widely thought to be planning a presidential run again next year, raising the specter of more political chaos if he does in fact get imprisoned.
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He was a popular figure at the school, where he was recognized as the tireless coach for the speech and debate team, which became a formidable national competitor under his leadership.
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Mr. Mallott, 75, is the state's most prominent Native Alaskan politician, a member of the Tlingit people, and has been a hugely popular figure in rural tribal areas of the state.
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The initial scandal led to the resignation of the network's chairman, Roger Ailes, and subsequent allegations prompted the network to force out its most popular figure, Bill O'Reilly, among other personalities.
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Macron began his visit with a tribute to former French President Jacques Chirac, a popular figure in the farming world and enthusiastic visitor to the Paris show, who died last year.
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"Corbyn, like it or not, is a popular figure who can energize crowds, get headlines and make people stop and follow him," Stephen Canning, a Conservative councillor in south-east England.
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"Corbyn, like it or not, is a popular figure who can energise crowds, get headlines and make people stop and follow him," Stephen Canning, a Conservative councillor in south-east England.
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The rest of the Conservative Party membership must now vote, but Johnson is a popular figure among them, making it hard to imagine a scenario in which Johnson doesn't become prime minister.
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Even after Franken stepped down, he remained a popular figure with many liberal activists, and his antagonist Kirsten Gillibrand faces continuing skepticism from Democrats that appears to be thwarting her presidential ambitions.
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Sanders was and remains a popular figure with left-leaning, younger Democrats, so anytime you see him on the schedule, expect that it's part of a plan to whip up millennial voters.
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Gordhan, who has been part of a parliamentary probe into Eskom's woes, is a popular figure with investors, and there will be high expectations for him to clean up state-owned firms.
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It's a way to convince Democratic voters that they should put him in the Oval Office because Obama — the most popular figure in the party — put him a heartbeat away from it.
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But when speaking directly to voters here this weekend, he measured his words far more carefully, perhaps mindful of the potential risk of taking on a popular figure in the party like Biden.
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Bottoms — with her political profile as a God-fearing, devoted professional who is also a wife and mother — has become a popular figure in Georgia, especially among young, working-class, professional black women.
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Trump is a popular figure for many in China, who admire his business acumen; he is not the divisive figure he is in the United States and its allies in Europe and elsewhere.
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Alain Juppe, also beaten by Fillon in the primaries but a more popular figure than Sarkozy, will be at Fillon's side on the campaign trail on Wednesday, a member of Fillon's entourage said.
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Low turnout was a worry in 247, when Sisi won by a landslide, as a popular figure who had overthrown president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood after mass protests the previous year.
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Despite the conviction, Petraeus, who is credited with turning the tide in the Iraq War and served as the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, remains a popular figure in Washington and on Capitol Hill.
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He suggested that President Trump could personally nudge Mr. Moore out of the race and back a write-in campaign by Mr. Strange, or perhaps Mr. Sessions, a popular figure with Alabama Republicans.
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The chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, Atif Mashal, an extremely popular figure, condemned the attack on Twitter, saying that cricket had been a source of happiness and pride for the entire country.
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"My father was able to let me go," said Ms. Jin, 33, now a tenured assistant professor of economics at the London School of Economics, and a popular figure on China's social media.
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Known for her even temper, Jakobsdottir quickly became a popular figure in Iceland after being elected to parliament in 2007, and is one of the few high-profile politicians who have avoided scandal.
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The trial pit the talk show host against Paul Engler, a leading cattleman and a popular figure in Amarillo, leaving local allegiances split between the local economy and the star power of Oprah.
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But Chip Lake, a veteran Republican strategist in Georgia, said Abrams and her allies face stiff headwinds, in part because she's vying to succeed a popular figure in Georgia, two-term Republican Gov.
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Even though he is now the United States attorney general, Mr. Sessions, who vacated the seat that Mr. Jones will fill, remains a popular figure in Alabama and won more than 400 votes.
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One of the reasons the antihero became such a popular figure in later Westerns is because the archetype was a vessel through which the genre could question its place in the wider cultural canon.
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On September 29th the UK Independence Party (UKIP) elected Henry Bolton, a 54-year-old former Liberal Democrat candidate, and the choice of Nigel Farage, the party's most popular figure, as its new leader.
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But Biden said it was "absolutely bizarre" that the immigration and healthcare policies of former President Barack Obama, still the most popular figure in the Democratic Party, came under sharp criticism during the debate.
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Janusz Walus, a Polish immigrant, has been serving a life sentence for the murder of Mr. Hani, a Communist often regarded as the most popular figure in the African National Congress after Nelson Mandela.
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The former leader of the leftist Workers' Party, better known in Brazil by its Portuguese acronym PT, remains a popular figure on the left, whose politicians and voters have ceaselessly called for his release.
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Bobby Doerr, the Hall of Fame second baseman who was a smooth fielder, timely hitter and immensely popular figure through 14 seasons with the Boston Red Sox, died on Monday in Junction City, Ore.
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For now, though, Mr. Trump remains the single most popular figure in the Republican Party, whose fealty has helped buoy candidates in competitive Republican primaries and remains a hot commodity among general election candidates.
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That doesn't leave much space -- or many votes --- for Warren, who despite being a popular figure with many Democrats, has not in this primary shown the ability to turnout a reliable base of support.
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Trying to defenestrate Sessions, the lone Republican senator in Trump's corner during the primary campaign and a popular figure among his former Senate colleagues, will make things worse for the president on both fronts.
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In Virginia, Democrat Terry McAuliffe was a popular figure with a 54 percent approval rating, according to exit polls, whereas in New Jersey, Republican Christie had an abysmal approval rating of just 22 percent.
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That has left the door open to discussions in Washington about a possible nominee, perhaps O'Callaghan, who oversaw Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation and is a popular figure among alumni of the New York office.
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To understand how Alex Jones became the incredibly well-known, popular figure he is today, you need to understand his relationship with more mainstream conservative media outlets — or, more specifically, his relationship with Matt Drudge.
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Mr. Trump, an enormously popular figure in Alabama, cast aside the tradition of presidents treading carefully in contested primaries, as well as the warnings from his own advisers regarding a candidate trailing in the polls.
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Saadi is a broadly popular figure in Iraq for his role in defeating the terror group, and his unjustified demotion — to an underwhelming desk job in Iraq's defense ministry — was seen as a huge insult.
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Anwar Ibrahim, a former deputy prime minister who is widely expected to succeed Mahathir, had actively campaigned in Rantau in a bid to garner support away from Mohamad, seen as a highly popular figure among Malays.
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With a combination of genuine competitive combat background and a sense of pro wrestling's physical storytelling that's still hard to find today, aside from the occasional Kurt Angle, Kandori quickly became a popular figure in JWP.
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A popular figure in Israel, Trump had already broken with long-standing U.S. and international policies when he recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital in 2017 and moved the American embassy there from Tel Aviv last May.
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The collection Under Armour released with two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry, for example, used a hugely popular figure and an affordable price point to displace Nike for a time in basketball shoe sales, Boss said.
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He was and remains a popular figure amongst GFC portfolio companies and as a General Partner was always somebody thought to have the ear of Samwer, and therefore an influential figure at GFC and Rocket Internet.
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Senior staff members applauded Mulvaney during a morning meeting on Monday in a show of support for the acting chief of staff, who is a popular figure within the West Wing, two White House officials said.
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Obama remains the most popular figure in the Democratic Party and any praise or defense of her, even if it's implicit, could give Clinton a crucial boost as she looks to wrap up the Democratic nomination.
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He was, by most accounts, a popular figure in the racing world, known for a lack of pretension, an eye for talented drivers, high expectations of all employees and a cigar in his mouth, often unlighted.
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" Morimoto's core argument is that Holmes was from the early 20th century a popular figure in Japan, and therefore Japanese adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle's works are marked by the creative impulse we now call "fandom.
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The reaction to the accident among the British public and media left the prime minister with no choice but to intercede and raise the issue with the president, who is not a popular figure in Britain.
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"People knew he would be caught any time; the government was going after him hard," said Adrián Cabrera, a blogger in Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa, adding that Mr. Guzmán was still a popular figure in Sinaloa.
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Ms. Haley, who was one of the few women in the cabinet, was an outspoken envoy for the U.S. and a popular figure in Washington, but she had collided recently with the national security adviser, John Bolton.
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"It becomes the chink in the armor of the person who just a year before or 18 months before was the most popular figure in the country," recalled Jennifer Psaki, a veteran of Mr. Obama's White House.
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Yu Dongli, one of the millions of Buddhist vegetarians in China, arrived at the event excited to sample Beyond Meat's products, partly because she knew Bill Gates, a popular figure in China, had invested in the company.
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While Booker and Harris took divergent paths, each hoping to gain ground with voters, Biden made several references to a popular figure to remind black voters why they should support him in 2020: former President Barack Obama.
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And there's a well-remembered sequence from 1983 in which the gargantuan planet-eating being Galactus -- who's become a popular figure of speculation as Phase Four's ultimate Big Bad, in the vein of Thanos -- devoured the Skrull homeworld.
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The revelation led Ocasio-Cortez initially to accuse Crowley of trying to upend her congressional run with a third-party challenge — a charge that angered a number of Democrats on Capitol Hill, where Crowley is a popular figure.
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In 2018, Joe Donnelly, then a Democratic senator from Indiana, lost his re-election fight by nearly six points — a harbinger of how hard it can be even for a popular figure like Mr. Buttigieg to win statewide.
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This makes sense, but the campaign would do well to remember that similar criticisms weren't enough to put Sanders ahead of Clinton in 2016, and that Biden is a more popular figure in the party than Clinton was.
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Advisers to Warren, a fiery critic of Wall Street and a popular figure among progressive Democrats, have been in close contact with Clinton's campaign team and the conversations have increased in frequency in recent weeks, the sources said.
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The former first lady is an extremely popular figure — one who polls 13 points higher than Trump as a prospective 2020 presidential candidate — and has received both praise and criticism for her friendship with former President George W. Bush.
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DJ Khaled may not have been much more than the connective tissue, but there's no doubt his imprint helped Wayne find his lane as a more broadly popular figure in the rap world and, by extension, the pop sphere.
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The Rajapaksa-Sirisena camp are now likely to call for a snap parliamentary election and because Rajapaksa remains a popular figure among Sinhala Buddhists, who account for the majority of the population, he's likely to fare well, Rao said.
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The Conservative vote share will also be damaged by the departure of Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, a popular figure who softened the party's image and was credited with the party's unexpected success north of the border in 2017.
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Venturing into politics, he was first elected a Conservative member of parliament in 2001 and in following years survived a number of scandals about his complex private life and occasional verbal gaffes to remain a prominent and popular figure.
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The problem they will face is this: Trump and Trumpism is clearly a problem with general electorates but the President remains an extremely popular figure within the most conservative elements of the GOP, who tend to decide primary nominations.
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Like Crowley, she is a largely popular figure with the backing of the county party, but her campaign is also more closely tied in to what is a much larger electorate that Ocasio-Cortez had to win over and turn out.
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On Monday, CPAC dropped planned speaker Milo Yiannopoulos, a popular figure in so-called alt right circles who refers to Trump as "Daddy," after videos surfaced in which he discussed whether sex between young teenagers and adults might be considered consensual.
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The comments by Zhang Dejiang, the head of China's parliament and its leading official on Hong Kong issues, came after other officials played down rumors that Beijing was interfering in a race pitting China's preferred candidate against a more popular figure.
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But while today's polling showing that Clinton is a not-so-popular figure and Trump a very unpopular one are probably conveying meaningful information, it's much less clear that the rosy outlook polling offers for Sanders and Kasich is warranted.
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Tim Kaine, the party's nominee for vice president last year and a popular figure in Virginia, was shown Perriello's ambulance ad on CNN's New Day, and even though he wasn't asked if he supports Northam, he volunteered his backing anyway.
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The scene, on its face, might not have been surprising a year ago: Joe Biden — appraised among Democrats as a decent man and affable sidekick to the party's most popular figure — racking up primary victories and having fun talking about it.
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The Interpreter Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, six years after leaving Brazil's presidency as a widely popular figure, now faces prison after a criminal conviction as well as vehement opposition from a segment of the population that formerly adored him.
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Ben Carson, secretary of housing and urban development, a popular figure among the evangelical Christian voters who comprise an important bloc of Iowa's Republican electorate, also turned out for Trump at a Lutheran church in Clive, a suburb of Des Moines.
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Any account of the new American atavism has to take into account that the same system that produced Trump had immediately before given us the eight forward-looking years of Obama, who remains a far more popular figure than his successor.
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Cameron, campaigning for Britain to stay in the European Union, has the edge over London Mayor Boris Johnson, the most popular figure in the "Out" camp, in trying to sway the key group of undecided voters, a new poll indicated on Wednesday.
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In an online survey by Elabe pollsters of 908 people who watched Thursday's debate, 71 percent of conservative and center-right voters found Fillon, an admirer of late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, hardly a popular figure in France, more convincing than Juppe.
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Trump has become a popular figure in Israel for a number of reasons, including his decision to relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and his decision to support Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights, formerly a part of Syria.
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Not only was McCarrick a powerful and popular figure in the American church, but he apparently was allowed to remain serving in prominent posts, including in the College of Cardinals, even after two dioceses in New Jersey had reached settlements with alleged victims.
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In doing so she became the cathedral city&aposs first ever Labour MP.A committed campaigner for a new referendum on Brexit, Duffield is a popular figure locally both among her own party activists and even those from the fellow pro-Remain Liberal Democrats.
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For now, it is enough to say that she is leaving the White House a strong and popular figure with a lifetime of good will and great reservoirs of capital on which to draw as she and her husband write their next chapters.
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He served for eight years as the vice president of Barack Obama, the most popular figure in Democratic politics, and did so with an avuncular charm that was once seen as a political liability, but has aged well under a crass president.
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A popular figure amongst GFC portfolio companies, in my original report I wrote that Jones' exit from GFC would be viewed as a loss to the U.K. tech scene, so returning with his own fund is bound to be welcomed by many.
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The president of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman, was not a popular figure in Barack Obama's Washington: A right-wing populist who preached closer ties to Russia, he once banned the United States ambassador from Prague Castle, the Czech seat of government.
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At the same time, Mr. Malley said, senior Iranian officials would not want to be seen talking with Trump administration officials responsible for the killing of General Suleimani, a very popular figure in Iran who was considered its second most important leader.
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But Milner — a popular figure in Silicon Valley who settled part-time into a $100 million home in Silicon Valley's Los Altos Hills in 2011 and who attended Mark Zuckerberg's backyard wedding in 2012 — seems to continue to enjoy the support of his fellow investors.
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Hill, 54, a lobbyist and former Conservative leader in the upper house of parliament who has become a popular figure among EU colleagues in 18 months in Brussels, was described by Juncker as a "true European" whom he had tried to persuade to stay on.
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Mr. Hani, who was 50 when he was fatally shot in his driveway near Johannesburg on April 10, 1993, was the general secretary of the South African Communist Party and often regarded as the most popular figure in the African National Congress after Nelson Mandela.
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Clearly he was a well-known and popular figure in East London, and while there would have been almost no notion that he could win the seat it must have been hoped that he would attract some positive attention and a decent number of votes.
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At the center of a tumultuous real-life drama that has left him under investigation on suspicion of taking bribes and has destroyed the country's biggest locally owned private bank, Mr. Rimsevics, never a popular figure, has been taken aback by all the hostility.
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A group of street artists called "Merci Simone" have sold thousands of colorful portraits of Ms. Veil, and stuck up hundreds of others in the streets of Paris since her death, reinforcing the idea that she has become a popular figure across several generations.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron, campaigning for Britain to stay in the European Union, has the edge over London Mayor Boris Johnson, the most popular figure in the "Out" camp, in trying to sway the key group of undecided voters, a new poll indicated.
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Watt, who represented a North Carolina district in Congress for two decades, had been a well-liked member of the committee and a popular figure in the Congressional Black Caucus before President Barack Obama tapped him to be the nation's top housing regulator in 2014.
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Mr. da Silva presided over a period of robust economic growth in Brazil and remains a widely popular figure, credited with leading a social transformation that lifted millions from poverty in a nation with one of the world's biggest disparities between rich and poor.
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Washington's announcement that President Donald Trump, a popular figure among Israelis, had invited Netanyahu to the White House for talks and a dinner two weeks ahead of the April 9 vote was also widely seen in Israel as a boost for the right-wing Likud party chief.
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Flores, a popular figure at Citi Field since mistakenly believing he had been traded last July, said that he had not talked to Collins about the effect Reyes's arrival will have on his role with the team, cutting off the question before it could be finished.
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In 1993 her private tennis coach, Gary Wilensky, a popular figure on the New York City courts for three decades, stalked and attempted to kidnap one of his students, attacking the girl and her mother with an electric cattle prod in a motel parking lot near Albany.
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In Fatah, Marwan Barghouti, a popular figure among Palestinians who is serving five life sentences for murders in the second intifada, is leading a hunger strike in Israeli jails, now two weeks old, that some experts say is aimed at raising his credibility as a leader.
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Before him, Kanye West and Lil Wayne had fiddled around with melodic rapping — T-Pain, too, of course — but Drake made it a whole worldview, and by the time of his 2010 debut album "Thank Me Later," he'd quickly become the most popular figure in the genre.
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When comparing one's personal relationship to a popular figure to where one's beliefs align with our society, a countless line of male celebrities—from Kobe to R. Kelly to Michael Jackson and so on—are granted extra chances at redemption no matter what they've done or who they've harmed.
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John Edmonds, owner of the Stardust Ranch in Rainbow Valley, about an hour west of Phoenix, is a popular figure in the alien believers community and has publicized his purported encounters with extraterrestrials on Facebook, claiming it's the reason he wants to sell his ranch, 12News TV reported.
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"But if that vote happens, it's going to be one that really puts a lot of Republicans in a tough spot: either endorse their core ideology of free trade, or go along with the President of their party who's an incredibly popular figure with their voters," Kim said.
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Orbán became an M.P. Fodor, a handsome, cosmopolitan personality, was the most popular figure in Fidesz, but, after a dispute over whether the Party should ally with other liberal groups, he broke away, taking several hundred members with him and leaving Orbán as the head of the Party.
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As the creator of GBA4iOS, Testut became a popular figure in emulation before he'd ever taken a college-level programming course, and it grew even more when he was able to sneak the software onto any iPhone, thanks to a clever workaround involving what's known as the Apple Developer Enterprise Program.
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Reuters reported last month that Masterson was being replaced by Ryan and the White House for a second four-year term as one of the election agency's four commissioners despite being a popular figure among state election officials, many of whom praised his expertise and leadership on cyber security issues.
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The announcement of Mr. Kirk's new position confirmed a New York Times report on Sunday that he would assume the job held by Lewis D'Vorkin, a former chief product officer at Forbes who was not a popular figure in the newsroom during a tenure that lasted less than three months.
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Kim is also not a popular figure in China, where he is often derisively called "Fatty Kim," and some Chinese social media users expressed both dismay and amusement at the grand welcome laid on for Xi. "This is the emperor's visit to its vassal state," wrote one person on the Weibo microblogging site.
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You can agree or disagree with the 60-year-old Maher, a popular figure who draws an average of 4.4 million viewers per week (when including reruns) to a political panel program on a pay channel, a remarkable feat and one that underscores his ability to draw eyeballs and periodically shape narratives.
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While his one-term presidency, from 1974 to 1979, was largely ceremonial, greeting foreign dignitaries and representing Bonn at state functions, Mr. Scheel was a popular figure and a voice of conscience in a nation with a deeply troubled past coming to grips with a new era of turmoil rooted in radical politics and terrorism.
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The parliamentary session began on a friendly note, with Juncker air-kissing Farage, acknowledging sadness at the outcome of the referendum and paying tribute to Jonathan Hill, the British financial services commissioner who resigned on Saturday after campaigning for Britain to remain in the EU. Hill, a popular figure among EU colleagues during his 18 months in Brussels, appeared overwhelmed by the outpouring.
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Rank-and-file Democrats rightly perceive the Trump presidency as an emergency, but see an answer to the challenge his administration poses not in calls for political revolution and their latent promises of further instability but in the comforting embrace of the last Democratic vice president, a man who promises to continue the legacy of the most popular figure in the party.
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LEVIN: And she&aposs become somewhat of a very popular figure within the conservative movement and the Republican Party because she stands up there every day and deals with these reporters, particularly from CNN Jim Acosta and so forth, but also the Washington Correspondents&apos Dinner which was really quite awful, her experience at a restaurant in rural Virginia and other members of your family and so forth.
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Add to that her new digital ad, which features former President Barack Obama -- the most popular figure in Democratic politics by miles -- touting her work in establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and it's a good bet Warren will double down on her appeal to undecided voters looking for a candidate who can reasonably argue she is the party's best bet to bring its ideological factions together in November.
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Certainly, his partisan bona fides — he was heavily involved in the Starr investigation of Bill Clinton and also worked for George W. Bush's legal team during the 2000 Florida presidential election recount scandal — have made him a popular figure on the right But on questions of religious liberty, and the degree to which the demands for religious freedom should exempt individuals and institutions from wider public policy, Kavanaugh has become a more divisive figure.
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Ron DeSantisRonald Dion DeSantisFlorida first lady to miss Women for Trump event due to planned execution Florida governor orders criminal investigation into handling of Jeffrey Epstein case Groups ask court to block ex-felon voting law in Florida MORE, who has emerged as a popular figure in President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE's wing of the Republican Party.
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