Then last week it put its imprimatur on a statement that the princess was suffering from a stress-induced adjustment disorder and, in addition to counseling, was taking prescription drugs.
Still, it hardly seems a level playing field when those collectors closest to a museum can profit from advance knowledge of where it will place its imprimatur.
Most of all, if it wants to put its imprimatur on consumer electronics products, Google needs to adjust its method of releasing products before they're fully baked.
The 89-year-old Amsterdam News is profitable, and it remains a Harlem institution, its imprimatur still coveted by many politicians.
In October, the federal government put its imprimatur on soy when it allowed food companies to make the claim that soy protein reduces cholesterol and the risk of heart disease.
A White House official said the administration was giving its imprimatur to the study because "it's consistent with our findings".
Rather, when he organized elections in 1985 to legitimize his rule, and then blatantly rigged the results, the United States put its imprimatur on the exercise, even though it was condemned by Liberian and international human rights groups.
It is why Oxford University must be careful with its imprimatur.
Officials said it was the first time the United Nations had put its imprimatur on a consumer-focused brand label.
Although the paper's circulation fell significantly during Mr. Tatum's tenure — it was 58,907 in 1977 and 25,962 in 2000 — its imprimatur was always coveted by many politicians.
It also would restore Washington's credibility that it will go to bat for countries that, under its imprimatur, give up the bomb and find a tiger — or in this case, a bear — at the gates threatening its survival.
