The man actually did make $100,000, but, of course, our clients didn't want to get involved in legitimizing income from bribes.
At the heart of the controversy has been an ongoing battle to legitimize raves from their days as Ecstasy-fueled parties held in warehouses or the desert and allow them to be held in mainstream venues as marathon dance festivals.
As many analysts have argued, the blockade seemed to have been more about keeping Hamas isolated and preventing it from being internationally legitimized.
The marriage was important for Helmichis: it legitimized his rule because, judging from Lombard history, royal prerogatives could be inherited by marrying the king's widow; and the marriage was a guarantee for Helmichis of the loyalty of the Gepids in the army, who sided with the queen since she was Cunimund's daughter.
"If anything, all the attention from us has further legitimized the U.C.P.M.B.," said one senior United Nations official who has made several trips across the boundary.
"Because if you come from dysfunction, you're legitimized as an artist," Minter explained.
The plot twist legitimized Melissandre's sorcery, excused Jon from the Night's Watch, and added credence to the "prince that was promised" prophecy.
It's people like Muammar Qaddafi who benefit from the U.N., who are legitimized by its spurious respectability.
Since the reign of Tiberius, the rulers of the Julio-Claudian dynasty had legitimized their power largely through direct descendence from Augustus and Julius Caesar.
But what became known as the Helms Amendment legitimized the belief that we can cut off abortion from the rest of a woman's health care.
