And for those not so familiar with a world-class major university's operations, it is a business.
"Rosneft is committed to doing business with world-class majors that have offshore production expertise, cutting-edge technologies and are ready to invest in long-term, high-tech projects in Russia," Mr. Khudainatov said in a statement.
"The idea that two major world class athletics events took place in London... who would have bet against that going off flawlessly, as it seems to have done?" Mr Letterman asked.
Phil is obviously world class and already has a major this year, but his performances are very much up and down as well.
Not only is it almost in the center of the United States — halfway between East Coast and West Coast — but it also has all the ingredients to be a major cultural capital: world class concert halls, fantastic museums, and there is an active art community here.
After visiting some old monasteries and churches, I was particularly startled by the sprawling, austere architecture of the private museum, Museu Coleção Berardo, which shows the world class collection of José Berardo, a major Portuguese contemporary art collector.
Some will argue that the opportunity to get into a potentially world-class oil major is too good to resist.
Founded in 1904 as a museum and research library, it is blessed with world-class holdings: major paintings by Goya, Velázquez and El Greco, thousands of decorative-arts works, and important manuscripts, prints and photographs.
The government said it was "making major changes to ensure we have world class exams that raise standards".
"That why we are making major changes to ensure we have world class exams that raise standards".
