I don't know what prestige Pelta's victory would bring to football.

Consequently, the prestige of the Taliban and other militant groups operating in the area has grown.

But the Chancellor's juvenile experiment in mature diplomacy has diminished, not expanded, Germany's prestige.

That the West seems nervous about Putin only enhances his prestige at home.

It would also reclaim its own global prestige and potential for progress in other areas.

First accrue wealth, power, and prestige, then lose it.

China, they believe, is regaining the status and prestige that it enjoyed until the end of the eighteenth century.

49 percent of Russians are confident that the Olympics raised Russia s prestige.

But the credibility of all democratic regimes, not just India s, is at stake in what unfolds in Myanmar.

Internationally, it has diminished the country's stature and left its reputation smeared.

But Italy, unlike France, is in no position to substitute the beauty of Carla Bruni, Sarkozy s new wife, for real prestige.

Wade has substantial international prestige, because he led the final phase of the country s long democratic transition in 2000.

The release of Anwar Ibrahim soon afterwards raised the new premier s prestige further as a leader who could heal intra Malay, and intra Muslim, conflicts.

People gradually became accustomed to the expression Palestinian state, and those who embraced it received support and gained prestige on the international scene.

When the Prestige sank off the coast of Spain, there were big, floating cushions the size of sofa cushions of emulsified oil, with the consistency, or the viscosity, of chewing gum.

The addition of the renminbi to the basket, which currently includes the US dollar, the euro, the British pound, and the Japanese yen, would provide China with a boost to its prestige.

Regardless of whether Obama can deliver on his promises, America will not regain the stature it had between 1941 and 2000.

Today, having faded as a result of advances that opened up the Americas and the East to European trade, the Mediterranean has a great opportunity to recover its lost prestige.

Its aim is to gain as much prestige as possible from the Olympic games in 2008 and the six month World Expo in Shanghai during the spring and summer of 2010.

Its own prestige is high groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are respected voices, to whom many governments feel obliged to pay attention.

The question now is whether this determination can bring about the type of surprising breakthrough to peace that Sadat s newfound prestige in 1973 yielded.

Second, Iran and Syria will keep backing Hezbollah because doing so gives them prestige, influence in Lebanon, and a way to hit Israel, all without cost.

Above all, Havel used his international prestige to give the Czech Republic a positive image, one which the country plagued by many post communist ills perhaps did not fully deserve.

The French regard with great sadness their declining status and prestige not only in world politics, but also in culture, science and, importantly, language.

The government could launch a broad crackdown on such protests, although this would risk damaging China s prestige internationally and provoking larger, more violent protests.

The Olympic Games no doubt perfectly organized, without a protester, homeless person, religious dissenter, or any other kind of spoilsport in sight will probably bolster China s global prestige. While the American economy gets dragged down further in a swamp of bad property debts, China will continue to boom.

The Olympic Games no doubt perfectly organized, without a protester, homeless person, religious dissenter, or any other kind of spoilsport in sight will probably bolster China s global prestige.

But fading memories of the Holocaust among younger Germans, together with Israel s declining international standing, have lately challenged the official discourse about special ties between the two countries.

China's success here would not only enhance its own international prestige, but would also contribute immensely to promoting regional stability and prosperity throughout East Asia.

Miloševic's shrewd, pugnacious cross examination of witnesses in the Hague courtroom has somewhat restored his prestige among Serbs who perceive the Tribunal as anti Serb.

China's success here would not only enhance its own international prestige, but would also contribute immensely to promoting regional stability and prosperity throughout East Asia.

The lack of profit does not diminish an alumni dominated board s incentive to compete for prestige by, for example, hiring distinguished faculty, accepting meritorious students, and striving for athletic or artistic achievement.

Since then, the AKP has been accused of multiple corruption scandals and its international prestige has decreased following the failure of its enthusiastic support of Islamist revolutionary movements in Egypt and Syria.

Her policies, therefore, may be seen as desperate measures to keep the Valois monarchy on the throne at all costs, and her patronage of the arts as an attempt to glorify a monarchy whose prestige was in steep decline.

Regardless of whether Obama can deliver on his promises, America will not regain the stature it had between 1941 and 2000. With or without Obama, the American century will not be repeated.

And it is not just the Kurds unity and bravery that have raised their prestige they have increasingly become an anchor of stability and a reliable pro Western partner in a region that is short on both.

To this day, therefore, the risk remains that the number of nuclear powers will increase, particularly given small and medium powers hope to enhance their prestige and position in regional conflicts.

Poorly paid, slowly promoted, and often drearily garrisoned in Siberian towns, the army's sole recompense nowadays is prestige the honors, immunities and cachet of a caste in short, the esteem in which it is held because of the victories over Napoleon and Hitler.

It is far from clear if he would have prevailed, given his lack of an independent political base, but his international prestige and standing might have given him a chance if he would have chosen to throw the gauntlet.