Anthropologists, Graeber might be pleased to know, came in at 39, so he needn't start burnishing his resume just yet – he's much safer than writers (123) and editors (140).
That's because, as a strategy, Hard Choices closely resembles Clinton's 2008 campaign, burnishing her establishment credentials, cleaving to the political center – and trying to avoid serious consideration of what it would mean to have a woman running for president.
Democratic leaders hope she will make a positive pitch for herself, burnishing her reputation, finishing what she started and so forth.
Athletes who benefit from public largesse say they feel pressure to attend Mr Chávez's rallies.After burnishing his credentials as Venezuela's leading fan, Mr Chávez is now tightening his control of sports.
The husbandry practised by Hermès and Chanel contrasts with the approach taken by Italy's Giorgio Armani, whose half-dozen sub-brands each sell similar products at different prices.LVMH and Kering have both been burnishing their biggest brands lately.
India could profess its commitment to an FMCT, thus burnishing its non-proliferation "credentials" despite the fact that it had built and tested bombs outside the NPT, in the certain knowledge that it could go on churning out weapons materials regardless.
"My aim was to be honest and direct, as Twitter is a media where personal tone is commonly used and accepted".Battered by a recent furore over its controversial new media law, the Hungarian government recently hired Project Associates, a London-based PR firm, for £100,000 to advise on burnishing the country's image.
When action requires an international mandate or simply consent from bodies such as the Arab League, Mr Hague further argues, it is precisely by burnishing bilateral ties that Britain can best secure multinational agreements.Conservative distrust of Europe is no surprise.
Mr Erdogan also hopes that burnishing his nationalist credentials will help him to coax a blessing from Turkey's hawkish generals for his hopes of succeeding the fiercely secular Ahmet Necdet Sezer as president in May.Yet a recent outburst by the chief of the general staff, Yasar Buyukanit, suggests otherwise.
His challenge now is to keep advancing on two fronts at once: keep burnishing the inclusive persona that so many people find attractive, while producing policy details that prove that he is more than just a sweet-talking idealist.For all the disappointment about her fund-raising, Mrs Clinton still remains the most likely Democratic champion.
He assumed, just as InSights does, that his pimply audience would be cleaning their guns, taking them apart, stuffing them with wadding and copper caps, and burnishing the stock with axle grease.
