Sentence examples for accumulate prestige from inspiring English sources

Freeware folk are simply people who chose to accumulate prestige rather than money.

In the iconography of New York, no bridge is more famous than the Brooklyn Bridge, but a largely overlooked stepsister structure over the East River has quietly been accumulating prestige.

What is clear, among insiders, is that Mr. Clinton is playing a big — and some say expanding — role within the operation, one that might be sacrificing part of the accumulated prestige of his long public career for the cause of returning his wife (and himself) to the White House.

Unlike professional culture, cultures of direct participation orient members to serve community needs over individual careers and to share resources and responsibilities rather than accumulate personal prestige.

It wasn't all that much liked on release, and its critical prestige accumulated only gradually.

"The more wealth and prestige you accumulate, the more risk averse you become," he argued.

At this time Evora had accumulated neither money nor prestige from 30 years' singing.

They received personal credit for nearly every improvement at their companies, accumulating enormous wealth and prestige in the process.

It will take years before the national government in Kabul accumulates enough revenue, international prestige and armed force to draw power away from the warlords.

As the 18th century progressed, however, and as more men accumulated wealth and social prestige, the societies of the west came more closely to resemble those of the east.

Moreover, evidence has been accumulating for the reality of prestige bias.