Some first-time major winners succumb to the pressure to live up to their heightened reputations.
The Falklands heightened her reputation as an Iron Lady, but she had no choice other than to respond militarily to the Argentinian takeover.
The episode has heightened the Legislature's reputation for being cozy with labor and for lavishing benefits on public employee unions.
This activity only heightens Mr. Wilson's reputation.
Federal banking regulators hit JPMorgan Chase with two enforcement actions on Monday for failures in risk management that led to a multibillion-dollar trading loss, the first formal sanctions in a case that damaged the bank's reputation and brought heightened scrutiny to its trading operations.
Damage to VW's reputation in America and heightened competition in China have both contributed to the carmaker's struggles of late.Despite making pre-tax profits of €1.7 billion in 2005, beating expectations, and issuing a bright outlook for 2006, VW needs to make cuts.
While there he developed a reputation for unscrupulousness, which was heightened by his authorship of an unpublished 317-page manuscript entitled The Associates.
Instant communications and heightened media interest mean that a company's reputation can be quickly and easily tarnished.Governments have the most to learn about risk.
Reporting piracy to the IMB is voluntary so there may be some measure of underreporting due to potential insurance costs, image and reputation of the shipping company and heightened perception of risk among shipping clientele.
Palermo itself was partly hidden behind police barricades, blocked-off streets and long lines of police officers and soldiers, heightened security measures aimed at protecting both foreign diplomats and Palermo's reputation.
It's a pattern of socialising adopted by certain stand-up comedians when on tour, and one which risks aggravating a performer's tendency to excess (from a misplaced obligation to live up to a hedonistic reputation) and heightening their vulnerability to bad publicity.
