Such talk may burnish the Fed's inflation-fighting credentials but is unlikely to mean much.
To burnish your reputation as a true expert on the particular topic of the interview.
Its competition, which rotates instruments annually, is a highly visible way to burnish reputations.
But part of her pitch is grounded in business strategy: high-culture deeds burnish the luxury brand.
Still, charitable responses to criticism have given Wahid a chance to burnish his democratic credentials.
And neither Chen nor Soong are above invoking the quake to burnish their own credentials and images.
As prime minister, he sought to burnish his image as a conservative defender of a strong state.
For China, the economic accords form part of a broader push to burnish its image in Taiwan.
It's now time for McCain to burnish the legacy, and his place in the Senate could do just that.
In between, it's anyone's guess though rule-breaking is apt to burnish an artist's image.
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But if Mr Obama really wants to burnish America's image abroad, he should consider the role of the gatekeepers.
The result was a glut of incoherent, overbuilt sites that did nothing to burnish the brands behind them.
Pinchuk has been rubbing elbows with political heavyweights at Davos for six years in a bid to burnish his international standing.
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The recorded death toll at Towton may well have been inflated to burnish the legend of Edward's ascent to the crown.
The success of the team will doubtless burnish the reputation of local politicians among a vital group of voters, young males.
Finally, is there any merit to the notion that the Obama administration is spilling secrets to burnish its national security record?
Also, I had my eye on some academic awards and figured this cause would burnish my (suspect) reputation as a serious thinker.
In those years, Galeotti worked tirelessly to launch and burnish Armani's image.
Their noncash nature renders them prone to valuation exaggeration that can impress would-be cash donors, burnish reported financial efficiencies or enhance reputations.
The aim could have been to embarrass the provincial officials where the unrest began, or to burnish the leadership's credentials, or both.
How could George Bush better burnish his standing with blacks than by improving the schools in a city that is mostly black?
The city's politicians have done little to burnish its reputation for seriousness.
Is it most likely to burnish a tire to dirty corporate image?
The budget was one of his last chances to burnish his legacy.
And so General Musharraf's calculation is that he can burnish his credentials as an anti-terrorist fighter by ending this in a violent manner.
Even so, if Mr Bush is to burnish his green credentials, he needs to do more to turn fine visions into practical actions.
But firms are finding ways to improve the lot of small farmers, and burnish their own reputations, without signing up to Fairtrade's rules.
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Guillen's remarks came as his Marlins, who had often suffered from weak attendance despite winning two World Series, were seeking to burnish their brand.
In the years before the current rebellion started, Gadhafi even hired a public relations firm to burnish his global image as a statesman and a reformer.
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