Does our relentless portrayal of individuals, ideologies, movements and philosophies as mortal dangers to America diminish the stature of the U.S. or enhance the enemies' status and prestige?
High tuition levels are often viewed as a sign of prestige or quality by the industry, according to Mr. Tamanaha.
Works by highly recognizable "brand name" artists, such as Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons or Takashi Murakami, carry a certain prestige, whether justified or not, and have the potential to become even more valuable over time.
In the old days a state's flagship university, with its law and liberal arts schools and alumni networks, carried a higher prestige than the ag or tech school.
With many of them being start-ups or mom-and-pop operations, the prestige of winning gets them increased visibility, orders in time for the holidays and, often, funding.
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After all, while the challenger may be trying to sell us on the idea that he or she could do a better job, the President shows up with all the prestige and presence reserved to the most powerful elected official in the nation.
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The MBA has not lost its prestige or its attractiveness as a place for potential future fellow executives to network.
In other words, when women work, in pursuing wages, prestige and power or developing relationships outside the home, they undermine their partners, resulting in violence.
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The United States is squandering international prestige and goodwill and intensifying global anti-American terrorism by unofficially condoning or abetting the Israeli confiscation and colonization of Palestinian territories.
The prestige of David Cameron, Nicolas Sarkozy or Angela Merkel rests in part on their personal dealings with the American president.
Yet, however cautious the site launch, the Internet will never create the same illusion of prestige as a physical store or a live catwalk.
Nova Southeastern may not match up with Harvard or Yale when it comes to history and prestige, but the law school is trying to make up for its lack of pedigree with a technology focus.
And now political analysts, unable or unwilling to understand the Russian desire for security and abstract international prestige at the hands of a semi-dictatorial lesser Napoleon taking precedence over freedom of the press and squeaky clean elections.
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One of those reasons, indeed perhaps the most crucial reason, is that the current higher ed model is, more or less, driven by a prestige-maximizing incentive.
Influence means the power to affect people or events, especially when that power is based on prestige.
Whether driven by media revenue, prestige in affiliation, or BCS-qualification status, conference reshuffling ruled the day for much of the summer and fall of 2010.
For the superrich, money can represent power, prestige, influence--or a certain measure of immortality, if it is ultimately used to finance some visible endeavor like finding a cure for cancer.
Yet this is a race, and whoever is the first to fulfill various objectives, such as being the first to send a man into orbit or a probe to Mars, garners more prestige.
And whereas other states' research agencies have such guarantees routinely ignored, Fapesp's growing prestige over the years has made it increasingly hard for local politicians to interfere or pinch its money.
But neither are we obliged, by self-interest or self-respect, to be played by every extortionist who comes our way, seeking the prestige of our company and the things we have to offer in exchange for being kept safe from harm.
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The hierarchy of the original classification system however imperfect or incomplete gave Bordeaux a measurable sort of prestige, not to mention marketing power, that no other regional system has managed to duplicate.
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For universities, the biggest unresolved question is whether an online enrollment boom will bring extra prestige and global impact at little cost or will be a first step toward hollowing out the time-honored but expensive world of residential higher education.
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Another theory suggests that Kael changed the rules of criticism, setting up a new way of evaluating popular art, without concern for prestige or self-conscious sophistication: in her view, a freshly entertaining or arresting movie was successful, and a movie that seemed tired or required unpacking was a flop.
To maintain international prestige, to deter invasion, or for some other half-baked reason, he may have wanted the world to believe he retained a capacity to inflict massive destruction, while at the same time hoping that international sanctions against Iraq might be lifted if there were no tangible proof of his arsenal.
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