1.   He burnished his reputation into cultism, as a White House report complained in the Seventies.

2.   American antagonism only burnishes his reputation.

3.   All the while, Kellogg burnished its reputation as a real-world business school that emphasized teamwork.

4.   Colin Powell, the general who burnished his reputation during the Gulf war, is also sniffing around both an independent candidacy and the New Democratic agenda.

5.   In efforts to burnish its reputation, the computerized lottery company hired a former Drug Enforcement Administration official as its Texas compliance officer.

6.   Jiang knows that he is considered inexperienced in foreign affairs and that he could burnish his reputation by leading the way to less acrimonious relations with Washington.

7.   Meirelles burnished his reputation in Brazil by plunging into civic affairs.

8.   Often they have invested large amounts of public money in museums, concert halls and theaters to create tourist destinations, burnish regional reputations and stimulate blighted neighborhoods.

9.   There may be any number of motives behind the effort to improve the department and burnish its reputation.

10.   To burnish his reputation as a leader of Muslims everywhere, Saddam has just broken ground for the largest mosque in the world.