imprimatur

• “So there's obviously something in the demand for expertise, the imprimatur, which is not really about the fact that they do a good job.”

  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

• “Paula Lieberman @ 96: No, I meant that some people feel that self-publishing has a stigma, and that their work needs some kind of imprimatur before it merits publication.”

  Making Light: "No one goes around suggesting that everyone should become their own autonomous cheesemakers and cheering the death of the cheese industry. Why? Because that would result in a lot of shitty cheese."

• “The U got their desired "imprimatur" from STP-MPLS with no effort whatsoever and none dare call it treason!”

  Archdiocesan KGB Tactics.

• “In 1926 it was granted an official Catholic 'imprimatur' ie approval because it was seen as being written by 'an unknown male of the fourteenth century'.”

  Love and Virtue (for MadPriest)

• “Every garment or accessory in the footballer's wardrobe should be regarded as virgin snow into which some sponsor or other might stamp its imprimatur, and I imagine Mr Gill is already firming up the possibilities.”

  The Guardian: Manchester United cash in with sponsored kit and caboodle | Marina Hyde

• “A Tibetan friend, close to the government-in-exile, suggested that vested interests have also caused some of the resistance to 'proper democracy': "There are not a few Tibetans who have taken personal advantage of the status quo, claiming to have His Holiness imprimatur -- knowing it would not be questioned...”

  The Huffington Post: Rio Helmi: From Exile, Showing the Way Forward

• “The Hamas leadership that loathes Abbas would love to see him weakened once his promises of an international imprimatur and approval of Palestinian national aspirations would be disappointed.”

  The Huffington Post: Shai Baitel: Bibi's Dilemma

• “Vast sums of private sector money were generated toward an acknowledged public good by the implicit imprimatur of the United States, and the perception of lower risk served to lower costs.”

  The Huffington Post: Frank A. Weil: A Prudent Method to Rebuild America

• “The scarcity is in live stage performances and unique objects with our imprimatur on them.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Music Industry Sighs No More

• “Especially redolent are lectures about journalistic standards from publications that give Julian Assange and WikiLeaks their moral imprimatur.”

  The Guardian: Hugh Muir's diary

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