All of this fixation with prestige I suppose is fine and dandy, but the problem is that prestige is emphatically not the equivalent of quality.
The Yankees are an iconic brand that not only provides ancillary revenue streams for ball players of profound distinction upon retirement, but it is also synonymous with prestige and prominence.
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"Firms are very obsessed with prestige, " he says.
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It was Arabs with oil money, and with the prestige that comes with their mastery of Arabic, the language of the Quran, among impressionable Pakistanis and Afghans who had made Afghanistan the menace it had become.
You interviewed with the prestige employers when they came to campus and said the right things in your interview.
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If Mr Arias's American-backed mission to mediate succeeds, Barack Obama's administration may yet emerge from its first big test in Latin America with its prestige enhanced.
Nor is there an army such as in Egypt, with the prestige and unity to intervene, restore calm and (we all hope) set the country on a better path.
Not according to sports media consultant Lee Berke, who points to the conference networks and multiple platforms put in place by the Big 10 and Pac 12 in recent years as they try to compete with the prestige and cash of SEC.
It meant a comfortable gig with good pay, prestige, the opportunity to mix with the great and good of business, politics and academia and, perhaps best of all, the kind of job security enjoyed now only by popes.
In a non-competitive situation, subjects chose a leader with lots of prestige, who gave the most chips to the group.
Along with his internal prestige, Hafez Assad's international influence was draining away.
He is a skilled fixer, and has enhanced his prestige with various interest-groups since taking office by stepping in and resolving several seemingly intractable conflicts.
In most cases, therefore, the marero freshly deported from Los Angeles is free to organise on his home turf with all the prestige, preparedness and sophistication he has picked up in the United States.
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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But critics say he wasted billions of dollars on prestige projects with uncertain commercial merit.
But despite the prestige associated with Ascot, its prize money still lags behind the rest of the world.
Increase the prestige associated with teaching and make teaching programs competitive and rigorous.
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Rayner is aware of the prestige associated with progress in the competition.
Ivan Drury, a senior analyst at Edmunds, points out the arrival of the four-door Mini Countryman kind of a station wagon, but one with a lot of prestige.
The top rated schools sell prestige along with their education and there are still enough Americans and foreigners who can afford to pay the full going rate and are not price sensitive.
The summer heat had broken and construction seemed to be under way everywhere, as old villages were being converted into enclaves of villas and cul-de-sacs with names like the Prestige and Sky Blue and Full Silver Garden.
While the tournament doesn't carry with it the same prestige as a World Cup, it is essentially a trial run of the main event for the host nation, and for the lower-ranked countries involved it offers invaluable experience playing against the world's best.
And bankers are vying for the prestige that comes with advising on landmark dim-sum deals.
The top four will qualify for the Champions League and all the money and prestige that comes with it.
Critics say this leads to spending on prestige projects popular with politicians, like the towers, which were slow to fill up, and Putrajaya, Malaysia's flashy new capital.
That said, there is more than just prestige that comes with being at the top of the list: The lists generate attention for books, thus boosting sales further.
Perhaps the growth in the military budget reflects China's growing wealth and prestige, along with a desire to protect its rising shipments of oil and other commodities: the country seems bent on building a blue-water navy.
For Chinese companies there is a certain prestige that comes with listing on a U.S. exchange, and Wall Street certainly has the incentive to keep serving up as much product as they can with investors clamoring for a piece of the well-documented emerging market growth story.
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Ignatius, the order's founder, "didn't want Jesuits to be bishops because he didn't want prestige and power associated with it, " said Father Fessio.
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