Over dinner, Martin and I soon discovered that we shared a love for Thucydides, and Martin, who was in all likelihood the last in a long and prestigious tradition of German philologists, explained Pericles' funeral oration to me as I'd never heard it explained before.
Moreover, there are other journals with a prestigious tradition in business economics from the German-speaking area, in particular the Journal für Betriebswirtschaft from Austria and Die Unternehmung from Switzerland.
Additionally, my company Troy E. Hudson Enterprises Inc. hosted a group of minority business executives to an event with such a prestigious tradition.
A more basic problem is this: How does a prestigious, tradition-bound, nonprofit organization like the golf association, dating to 1894 and the Victorian era, go about calling attention to itself in the shamelessly self-promotional early years of the 21st century without appearing undignified?
From the bombing in Boston on Monday through the manhunt that gripped America until Friday night, most of us watched the surreal events unfold on our televisions as first responders from all over the country converged to track down the people responsible for the attack on one of America's most prestigious traditions.
Sassuolo have one of the lowest followings in Serie A. Speaking to Silvia and Giulio, two season ticket holders who have followed Sassuolo home and away for the last two years, they were quick to acknowledge the club's modest history: "Sassuolo don't have a prestigious footballing tradition.
The case shed light on the prestigious prep school's tradition known as "Senior Salute," a game in which seniors try to hook up with as many underclassmen as they can before graduation.
All serious writing continued to make use of the prestigious archaizing language of learned tradition.
And to compete internationally, the quality of the best wines has increased: at the beginning of this month, for instance, Badagoni's 2007 Alaverdi Tradition collected a prestigious Decanter award in London.Wine is central to Georgia's identity: a mainstay of its economy, a source of considerable pride and, all too often, one of the reasons for the erratic driving.
For three days in a row, a 16-year old girl has taken the stand at a New Hampshire courthouse to describe a decades-old tradition at Concord's prestigious St. Paul's School that she says resulted in her rape.
Certainly not audiences at the Salzburg Festival, then the most tradition-bound of all the prestigious international music festivals.
