And the difference between five star quality and economy was not as extreme as I expected.
Unless Mr Sarkozy makes a gesture towards bolder tax reform, he may have to look elsewhere for star quality.
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He was one of those wonderful, genuine, professional actors with real star quality but humility to go along with it.
The side seems to lack star quality, and the retirement of key players like Nourredine Naybet has never properly been compensated.
It was closed for six years after weathering Soviet-era neglect, a late 90s economic crisis, and a resulting diminished star quality.
The Vanderbilt name has international star quality for wealth, power, and brains.
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So Mr Obama's star quality will be useful to him as president.
Zapata never became a bona fide star, but she had star quality, the ability to command attention without ever seeming to seek it.
Mrs Clinton's star quality and intelligence might have been able to disguise these flaws in a different state and against a different candidate.
It doesn't tarnish his star quality that he's married to one of South Africa's most glamorous women, a medical doctor turned fashion impresario.
But for the white ethnics who gave their vote to Democrats on the promise of fairness and merit, Kennedy's star quality may not suffice.
And some of his supporters still hanker after the "star quality" they believe he brought to the party, even as they throw their weight behind Ed.
While nothing she does is exaggerated, she somehow gives the impression of standing in an invisible spotlight, which is a pretty fair working definition of star quality.
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Sreedharan's star quality began to show early in his career.
But without star quality even the most efficient of teams cannot dream of glory, and for the Kiwis it comes largely in the shape of one man: Shane Edward Bond.
But for all the undoubted ability of players like Scott Styris, Jacob Oram and Shane Bond, New Zealand are a side which relies more on hard work than star quality.
You will do this for one noble reason--the desire to bring a smidgen of your own special star quality to your friends' and family's otherwise humdrum lives--and for many practical ones.
He was considered a long shot to even stick in the league, and big time player agents, noting the lack of star quality needed to appeal to national advertisers, weren't clamoring after him.
What pupil Giggs lacks in coaching nous and experience, he makes up for in universal star quality that will not just inspire players and fans but attract the increasingly important sponsorship and corporate world.
Moments later N'Zogbia sprung into life with a flash of star quality, ghosting past two Bolton players and driving into the box, only to see his crisp left-foot shot strike the inside of the far post and fly away to safety.
The 6ft 5in star created almost as many headlines for his exuberant antics before, after and even during his races in China as he did for his remarkable performances on the track, and Bolt's obvious star quality was a welcome boost for a sport tarnished by doping scandals.
David Kirk from Carryduff's "I am aware" had an appealing Star Trek quality about - any relation David?
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So HBO became known as the place to be if you wanted to star in a quality comedy (and then later, drama).
"After evaluating our position in the games market, we've decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimising the company's risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games, " it read.
My initial take: While this might seem like a great arrangement for Electronic Arts and Disney, I cannot see how taking away the element of competition will be good for the quality of Star Wars games.
Besides the unique regional variety, great quality and star-studded servers and players, what made the event so wonderful was that it was for charity, with proceeds benefiting food banks in the NFL cities, and additionally, it ran as smoothly as everything else in Indy that week.
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That 2015 release seems a fairly safe bet given the box-office reliability of all things Star Wars no matter the quality (Phantom Menace anyone?).
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But what the audience for the Jon Hamm star vehicle still lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality.
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