In fact, Mr. Towns has put much of his political prestige into this campaign.

"The Dominican community abroad has tremendous economic weight and political prestige, so of course its influence is being felt," he said.

Military insubordination and explosive hyperinflation eroded the President's political prestige.

To be sure, suspension would hurt the political prestige of Beijing's hard-line leadership.

After this incident, he significantly lost his political prestige.

Britain's importance was not just a matter of the political prestige gained during the war.

Rabin was convinced that he's days of political prestige were behind him.

Probably the reason is that for them it is more and more a question of political prestige.

It could be the case that economic interests facilitated cooperation, while political prestige did not play so large a part.

Such considerations were an important matter of political prestige.