Another prestige measure is proximity.
Just two months ago, Bill was honored with the prestigious Leadership Award by the International Superyacht Society (ISS), recognized by his peers for his outstanding contributions to the standards, prestige and character of the luxury yachting industry.
Rapid and blitz chess also do not carry the prestige of the standard game.
Unlike the previous two seasons, which delivered fairly standard "Prestige TV" narratives and generally adhered to the rules of logic and reality, season three said "fuck it" and threw damn near everything but the kitchen sink at the viewer.
Ms. Eisman, appointed last fall, is trying to restore some of the school's prestige by raising academic standards.
With a few exceptions, the help is so loyal to the family and its position that any slip in prestige or loosening of standards is taken as a personal dishonor.
Now some experts wonder whether the new accusations will complicate DePaul's capital fund-raising campaign and its planned bond sales in January or its VISION Twenty12 plan, which aims to increase the university's academic standards and prestige while making it a "model of diversity".
Nonetheless, until 1788 the Roman Catholic Church retained in France unusually broad doctrinal rights and social prestige, even by the standards prevailing in central or southern Europe, not to speak of what held true in the far more tolerant countries of northern Europe (Prussia, Holland, and Britain).
Certain colleges have prestige and rigorous admissions standards, but which colleges actually have the smartest students?
Boult had striven to maintain the orchestra's standards and prestige during the war; as an instance of its prowess in the 1940s Kennedy cites an HMV recording of Elgar's Second Symphony released in January 1945: "a performance that blazed with excitement and passion and is documentary evidence of the excellence of the orchestra in 1944".
