My lieutenant thought it would reflect well on the Army if the new "Today" show, to commemorate the Fourth of July, televised a medal presentation.
So, the shift of the program really changed to more of a prestige project, that if they could find the world's next superstar, the next Messi, that it would reflect well on Qatar, people would say they had one of the best soccer development programs in the world.
It was a moment that made them feel part of a larger process and one they hoped somehow would reflect well on their community in the eyes of a nation that ordinarily does not pay them much attention.
He said success by Saudi Arabia would reflect well on Uganda.
An assured performance as mayor would reflect well on the Conservative leader, David Cameron, who eventually backed his fellow Old Etonian's run for the party's mayoral nomination.
Vivendi's chief executive, Jean-René Fourtou, has long considered NBC the preferred bidder, according to executives close to the company, because of G.E.'s reputation as a well-managed company, which would reflect well on Vivendi.
Giving him another sentence based on a laughable third charge would have sparked outrage domestically and internationally.Mr Putin needed to find a way to release Mr Khodorkovsky that would reflect well on his presidency.
But American football is something else altogether, and while most observers suggest he doesn't have the size, speed or American football know-how to make it in the NFL, there's a sense that rugby league fans will be in his corner as he tries, partly because any success he may have would reflect well on the game they love.
I reasoned that Douglas, a liberal New Yorker, would credibly have left his wife for a beautiful, stately African American because arm candy of color would reflect well on him in his circle, and keep his progressive kids' objections to a minimum.
When production was first announced, several Republican politicians and various rightwing groups accused the film of being a propaganda weapon for the re-election of Barack Obama; the idea was that a film about the apprehension and killing of Bin Laden would reflect well on the president.
Noting that the former president also met with opposition leaders in Almaty, Mr. Clinton's spokesman said he was only "seeking to suggest that a commitment to political openness and to fair elections would reflect well on Kazakhstan's efforts to chair the O.S.C.E".
