Back then he felt the heavy hand of the regime looking for success and reflected glory.

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He liked high culture, and basking in the reflected glory of the literary and artistic elite.

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They had hoped to bask in the reflected glory of bold, imaginative government.

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The plus side is that you get to bask in reflected glory when you align yourself with respected and influential friends.

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"My brother and I are of the opinion that we don't want to be seen to be basking in reflected glory, " she said.

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The league burned brightly in their reflected glory for a few years, then fizzled once the money ran out and the aging stars left.

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Many of us draw inspiration from the games and Olympic champions are in high demand as politicians eager to bask in their reflected glory clamour to appear alongside the new generation of superstars.

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Basking in the reflected glory of Tony Blair's 1997 general election victory, he promised to make the country's railway system the best in the world, though Virgin's reputation for quality was damaged by his trains' poor record.

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He has always been more than happy to bask in the reflected glory and let people think he was more important to the organisation than he was, when in fact his departure made no impact on wikileaks whatsoever.

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Whether Mr Arafat is in any way responsible for this apparent shift in strategy is not clear - but he has certainly benefited from the reflected glory of successful attacks on the Israeli army carried out by groups with close links to his Fatah movement.

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