Sentence examples for and prestige in a from inspiring English sources

Thomas Winship succeeded him in 1965 and by his retirement in 1984 built The Globe's circulation and prestige in a period of often disruptive economic and social change.

In 1913 Vienna was about to invest its money, military presence and prestige in a bid to establish a client state in Albania under a puppet king.

After a recent round of promotions, the leadership is fuller than ever with members of the Kim family and his father's inner circle, who now find their futures hitched to someone who needs to build up power and prestige in a hurry.

He wanted to explain why certain people or institutions hold respect, credence, and prestige in a society and used the concept symbolic capital to describe this phenomenon.

Each battleship was a signal of national power and prestige, in a manner similar to the nuclear weapons of today.

In Mauritania, a country crippled by food shortages, obesity is viewed as a sign of wealth and prestige in a woman.

Twice in the last seven months he has invested enormous amounts of time and prestige in an attempt to reach historic accords between Israel and its neighbors, first the Syrians, then the Palestinians.

As Henry Kissinger knows, there is sustaining power and prestige in being a senior advisor to Rockefeller, a famed art collector and one of the richest men in America.

"Power Dressing: Men, Fashion and Prestige in Africa," an exhibition of 50 robes, ceremonial shirts, tunics, slippers, dance ensembles, belts, corsets, headdresses and crowns dating from the late 1800's to the present, opens today and runs through Jan . 15

But given that China had invested funds and prestige in the bid, a rejection would have been awkward, say people who went to the Brasília meeting.

Although the scholar-officials viewed military soldiers as lower members in the hierarchic social order, a person could gain status and prestige in society by becoming a high-ranking military officer with a record of victorious battles.