Sentence examples for legitimate figures from inspiring English sources

Bosh, comes the reply from the Sarkozy camp to what looks like the emergence on the left, after years of ineffectual squabbling, of legitimate figures who can confront the president eye-to-eye.

The defense, mostly by whites, contends that the statues and memorials commemorate legitimate figures in Southern history and should not be disturbed in an attempt to cleanse or bury leaders of the lost cause.

Rehman, more politician than mullah, has been a prominent and legitimate figure in Pakistani politics since the 1980s.

"there is, however, nothing in Ayurvedic medicine that is known to be effective at treating disease, and some preparations may be actively harmful... .. Whether or not I share all of his views, I consider Deepak Chopra to be a legitimate figure in the medical and scientific field.

Celebrities and other high profile types can also be seen as "legitimate authority figures".

While legitimate writerly figures — including Jay McInerney, Hamish Bowles, Jonathan Karp, and Katrina vanden Heuvel — have appeared on the show, this is a program that once paired Keith Gessen with Elizabeth Hurley as "NYC's Newest Power Couple!," which is to say, it's a representation of the literary world bothered neither with integrity nor realism.

Propriety is manifested in respect (6A6) or deference (2A6) toward elders and legitimate authority figures, especially as manifested in ceremonies and etiquette.

The Obama administration could do the same in Bahrain by urging a broader spectrum of opposition be involved in the new dialogue and recognizing some of those in jail as legitimate political figures.

It is a story that has proven as big in the United States as it has in Australia with Hayne moving from curiosity to a legitimate cult figure.

Someone being seen as a legitimate authority figure means the things they say are more convincing than if others were to make the same statement.

His speech on Tuesday night is meant instead to establish Mr. Schwarzenegger, a former bodybuilding champion and action movie actor, as a legitimate political figure and to add star power to a party that trails the Democrats in celebrity endorsements.