People may be said to occupy high positions when they are able to control, by order or by influence, other people's conduct; when they derive prestige from holding important offices; or when their conduct is esteemed by others.
Also, the government has not invested enough in the I.I.T.'s, and the most talented scientific minds have the option to enroll in genuinely outstanding centers of learning in the West instead of being stuck in a place that has derived its prestige largely from the fact that only one in 50 cracks its entrance exam.
Helmut Schmidt, a Social Democrat, derives his prestige from his image as a tough law-and-order Chancellor.
Djokovic and his family were slow to internalize the codes of tennis, a sport that derives its prestige from its sense of itself as a gentleman's game.
The Saudi royal family derives enormous prestige and legitimacy from being the caretakers of the hajj and Islam's holiest sites in Mecca and Medina.
It derived from the prestige of the Arabic language, from the Arabian origins of the prophet.
The chieftains who lived in their kratons (fortified villages) seem to have derived great inspiration, prestige, and practical assistance from the skills and ideas imported from India.
There is also the prestige derived from the Spencer Stuart name, Mr. Zales said, which differentiates this site from those of the two largest recruiting firms, Korn/Ferry International and Heidrick & Struggles International, neither of which use their names on their sites, which are called FutureStep.com and Leaders Online, respectively.
Buddhism also appeared in this region, as did other belief systems that renounced the world and opposed the ritualistic Brahmanic schools whose prestige derived from their claim of purity and their ability to perform the traditional rituals and sacrifices and to interpret their meaning.
In fact, nowadays, piebald camels are still a marker of cultural identity for the Sahrawi nomads (including the members of the former tribes of Western Sahara), who breed them particularly for their perceived beauty and the prestige derived from it.
