Perhaps the most heralded recent invention, the full-body swimsuit, ended up having almost little if any effect on times, many say.

The hunters brought back all manner of game, particularly birds, though the most heralded prize was wild boar.

Sky surfing, for instance, lost two of its most heralded practitioners this year.

Krone, the most heralded female jockey, came from New Jersey.

These performances were certainly the most heralded vocal debuts of the season, which is not to say that unheralded ones won't prove equally important.

Bahrain's development as a major financial center has been the most widely heralded aspect of its diversification effort.

But the most heralded confrontations took place on the baseball diamond when black teams played white major league all-star aggregations.

"It goes to the most heralded player and the one who gets the most publicity," Hairston said.

But the most heralded technological promises fail to deliver.

It is for the most heralded record in American sports.