While Rutgers is widely respected among state universities, New Jersey's health professions schools lag in prestige and performance, and Mr. McGreevey is eager to establish a system that would have the heft of university and hospital centers in New York and Philadelphia.
The task before the CLA, then, is daunting: deliver the prestige and performance that Mercedes-Benz customers expect, at a price that could woo a few mainstream buyers.
But before the war, the name stood for prestige, power and performance, in some ways unrivaled by any other automaker on earth.
Thanks to dependable financial support, state schools and universities gained in prestige and academic performance until they were recognized as among the outstanding educational institutions of the country.
Manhattan Motorcars, on 11th Avenue, deals in brutally expensive prestige and high-performance cars, displayed in a no-frills setting.
The thinking is this: As an automotive benchmark for technology, performance, prestige and exclusivity, Ferrari has had a halo effect on Fiat, its parent, and on Italy as a whole.
With billions of dollars on the line not to mention the prestige and fame associated with winning the actual athletic competitions systems reliability and performance are essential.
Terman's criteria included occupational classification (according to the then-current census), job prestige, job performance, roles of leadership in the workplace, honors and recognitions received, and annual income [ 39, 49].
To escape discriminatory policing, ball-goers dressed in drag to "pass" as straight couples, and participants self-organized into "houses"—groups that would compete for prizes and prestige through dance, drag, and performances that would play on the idea of gender.
When you see what Ms. Farrell achieves under these circumstances, it's impossible not to wish that she had dancers of greater prestige and more uniform training, more rehearsals, more performances, more touring — more money, in short.
Musicians see performances as an opportunity to receive recognition, prestige and respect from the community and nothing more.
