Sentence examples for boost prestige from inspiring English sources

Fascist intervention in the economy was designed to boost prestige and military strength.

When a lab chief insists on being an author for every article emerging from his lab, or when a prominent scientist is invited to be an "honorary author" on a paper to boost prestige, lines that should be bright become fuzzy, Fugh-Berman says.

This, he apparently hopes, will boost his prestige and the Communist Party's legitimacy.

Gladstone had just made him a lord, no doubt to boost his prestige in Rome.

In 1900, eugenics received a big boost in prestige when Gregor Mendel's work on heredity in peas came to light.

But in the past few years there have been some determined efforts to boost the prestige of the form.

When the Colonel said he wanted to set up a foundation with Rutherford in charge, Rutherford saw his chance to boost his prestige in the firm.

But Mr. Bush seems to have no second thoughts about his plans to attend the opening ceremonies, which Beijing has choreographed to boost Chinese prestige.

"The Russians went public with this without assuring adequate sensitivities to Iran's internal dynamics, in order to perhaps score a point and boost their prestige," Mr. Behrooz said.

But for Mr Hu, it will be a boost in prestige both at home and abroad simply to be seen at the table of this exclusive club.Despite China's carefully cultivated focus on other relationships, it is inevitable that Mr Hu's meeting on the G8 sidelines with George Bush will be the most important and closely watched encounter of his trip.

These have been bad weeks for the city's entertainment industry and night-shift taxi-drivers.The crackdown has exposed how wealthy businessmen used their positions in local legislative and advisory bodies people's congresses and political consultative committees, as they are known to boost their prestige and gain access to officials.