During his aggressive campaign to win his present position, Mr. Kennedy was vitriolic about this country's `` prestige '' abroad.

The position of receptionist was opened in a large office and an announcement was made to the other girls already working that they could apply for this job which had higher prestige and slightly higher salary than typing and clerking positions.

Centrally, however, the administrative problem was more complex and the sheer prestige of office was very likely an unfair advantage.

The argument was typically advanced in terms of U.S. `` prestige ''.

But contrary to what was implied during the campaign, prestige is surely not important for its own sake.

When the winter tour began at Los Angeles last January there was no one in sight to challenge Palmer's towering prestige.

In spite of the increase in numbers and prestige brought about by the conversions of Newman and other Tractarians of the 1840's and 1850's, the Catholic segment of England one hundred years ago was a very small one ( four per cent, or 800,000 ) which did not enjoy a gracious hearing from the general public.

The wars which attended his accession both in Hungary and in Persia terminated unfavourably for the empire, and its prestige received its first check in the Treaty of Zsitvatorok, signed in 1606, whereby the annual tribute paid by Austria was abolished.

These archaeologists suggested that defensibility was never a major concern in the siting of a broch, and argued that they may have been the " stately homes " of their time, objects of prestige and very visible demonstrations of superiority for important families ( Armit 2003 ).

Taxpayer status amongst serf caste was of higher prestige, offered political power, potential wealth and authority.

In many navies, the rank of commodore was merely viewed as a senior captain position, whereas other naval services bestowed upon the rank of commodore the prestige of flag officer status ; commodore is the highest rank in the Irish Naval Service, for example, and is held by only one person.

To have one or the other was a mark of distinction and prestige, and so was having the Disk sort of an Operating System.

However, while the licentia continued to hold a higher prestige than the bachelor's degree ( Baccalaureus ), it was ultimately reduced to an intermediate step to the Magister and doctorate, both of which now became the exclusive qualification for teaching.

In 1921 the prestige of Nicolai Hartmann the Neo-Kantian, the Professor of Philosophy at Marburg, was added to the Movement ; he " publicly declared his solidarity with the actual work of die Phänomenologie.

While at the close of the First World War the Foreign Legion's prestige was at a high, the Foreign Legion itself had suffered greatly in the trenches of the First World War.

Years later, Blair mordantly recalled his prep school in the essay " Such, Such Were the Joys ", claiming among other things that he " was made to study like a dog " to earn a scholarship, which he alleged was solely to enhance the school's prestige with parents.

Washington had the prestige, military experience, charisma and military bearing of a military leader and was known as a strong patriot.

Gold as a sign of wealth and prestige was ridiculed by Thomas More in his treatise Utopia.

Indeed, as a reformer his prestige was so strong that the reform wing of the Republican Party, called " Mugwumps ", largely bolted the GOP ticket and swung to his support in 1884.

The headmaster or " dominie " was often university educated and enjoyed high local prestige.

This was a severe blow to Fabius ’ s prestige and soon after this his period of dictatorial power ended.

With his long journey, he restored the prestige of the papacy in the north.

Tsar Theodore Svetoslav ( reigned 1300 – 1322 ) restored Bulgarian prestige from 1300 onwards, but only temporarily.

His son and successor Entemena restored the prestige of Lagash.

In 1648, however, he received the command in the important field of the Low Countries, and at Lens ( 19 August ) a battle took place, which, beginning with a panic in his own regiment, was retrieved by Condé's coolness and bravery, and ended in a victory that fully restored his prestige.

Mercian independence was restored the following year by Wiglaf, who achieved a significant recovery of Mercian prestige and was even able to extend his power over Berkshire.

Neither the concessions nor anti-dumping laws have restored the industry to the health and prestige it once had.

During the reign of Tsar Uroš, when the central authority declined, the high prestige of the title of knez was restored.

The old army, which used spears and old matchlocks, eventually revolted as a result of their mediocre wages and loss of prestige, and Heungseon Daewongun was restored to power.

U Po Kyin tries to claim credit but is disbelieved and Dr. Veraswami's prestige is restored.

They were released almost immediately and both of their lands completely restored to them-however they had both been taught a very public lesson and their prestige diminished and the King's authority shown for all.

He was then quickly restored to his former prestige and reunited with his family ; but when he demonstrated his new faith by refusing to make a pagan sacrifice, the emperor, Hadrian, condemned Eustace, his wife, and his sons to be roasted to death inside a bronze statue of a bull or an ox, in the year AD 118.

It was largely through Atkin's efforts, and those of F. E. Smith, that the Inn's prestige was restored.

In his youth, he single-handedly restored the honor and fortune of the Lannisters and dedicated himself to maintaining his family's prestige.

This spirited policy restored the waning prestige of the Hat party and firmly established their anti-Muscovite system.

In the second half of the 19th century its prestige was restored by the brilliant work of Swinburne in Tristram and elsewhere.

One particularly successful period was during the Headship of John Harrison Evans ( 1838 – 1861 ) who restored the prestige and achievements of the School and also funded the building of the Market Hall and Reading Room in the town.

After a period of some instability and ill discipline in Australian cricket, he was the first in a succession of assertive Australian captains that included Joe Darling, Monty Noble and Clem Hill, who restored the prestige of the Test team.

Count Eusebi Güell added to the prestige of the development by moving in 1906 to live in Larrard House.

Another criticism is that universities tend more to pseudo-intellectualism than intellectualism per se ; for example, to protect their positions and prestige, academicians may over-complicate problems and express them in obscure language ( e. g., the Sokal affair, a hoax by physicist Alan Sokal attempting to show that American humanities professors invoke complicated, pseudoscientific jargon to support their political positions.

Supported by the prestige of being the only general who had proved capable of defeating the French, he promptly initiated a far-reaching scheme of reform, which replaced the obsolete methods of the 18th century.

Highlights of the strip's final decades include " Boomchik " ( 1961 ), in which America's international prestige is saved by Mammy Yokum, " Daisy Mae Steps Out " ( 1966 ), a female-empowering tale of Daisy's brazenly audacious “ homewrecker gland ," " The Lips of Marcia Perkins " ( 1967 ), a satirical, thinly-veiled commentary on venereal disease and public health warnings, " Ignoble Savages " ( 1968 ), in which the Mob takes over Harvard, and " Corporal Crock " ( 1973 ), in which Bullmoose reveals his reactionary cartoon role model, in a tale of obsession and the fanatical world of comic book collecting.

Octavian's prestige and, more importantly, the loyalty of his legions, had been initially boosted by Julius Caesar's legacy of 44 BC, by which the then nineteen-year-old Octavian had been officially adopted as the only son of the great Roman general and also established as the sole legitimate heir of his enormous wealth.

As they progress, players advance in level, gaining power, prestige, spells, and abilities through actions such as defeating capable opponents, looting the remains of defeated enemies and completing quests ( tasks and adventures given by non-player characters ( NPCs ).

These factors include the learner's developmental status, the perceived prestige and competence of the model, the consequences received by the model, the relevance of the model's behaviors and consequences to the learner's goals, and the learner's self-efficacy.

Although both studios produced " A " and " B " budget pictures, generally the prestige productions, costume dramas, and musicals were made by Warner Bros., while First National specialized in modern comedies, dramas, and crime stories.

The idea of a feudal state or period, in the sense of either a regime or a period dominated by lords who possess financial or social power and prestige, became widely held in middle of the 18th century, thanks to works such as Montesquieu's De L ' Esprit des Lois ( 1748 ; published in English as The Spirit of the Laws ), and Henri de Boulainvilliers ’ s Histoire des anciens Parlements de France ( 1737 ; published in English as An Historical Account of the Antient Parliaments of France or States-General of the Kingdom, 1739 ).

He had vanquished one notable opponent, his Welf cousin, Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony and Bavaria in 1180, but his hopes of restoring the power and prestige of the monarchy seemed unlikely to be met by the end of his life.

According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, " The evidence afforded by Egyptian and Greek texts support the view that Imhotep's reputation was very respected in early times ... His prestige increased with the lapse of centuries and his temples in Greek times were the centers of medical teachings.

Saudi Arabia attempted to compensate for its loss of prestige among these groups by repressing those domestic Islamists who attacked it ( bin Laden being a prime example ), and increasing aid to Islamic groups ( Islamist madrassas around the world and even aiding some violent Islamist groups ) that did not, but its pre-war influence on behalf of moderation was greatly reduced.

However by 1944, Jinnah ’ s power and prestige were on the wane.

At the end of 357 Julian, with the prestige of his victory over the Alamanni to give him confidence, prevented a tax increase by the Gallic praetorian prefect Florentius and personally took charge of the province of Belgica Secunda.

In October 1941, Ribbentrop ’ s prestige was badly damaged by the discovery of the Soviet spy ring in Tokyo headed by Richard Sorge, who was arrested by the Japanese while in bed with the wife of General Eugen Ott, the German Ambassador.

Lacy has observed, whatever his faults and frailties may be in these Arthurian romances, " his prestige is never — or almost never — compromised by his personal weaknesses ... his authority and glory remain intact.

Jerusalem looked again towards the Byzantine Empire for help, and Emperor Manuel was looking for a way to restore his empire's prestige after his defeat at the Battle of Myriokephalon in 1176 ; this mission was undertaken by Raynald of Châtillon.