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PRESTIGE   occurs   8 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... prestige?   BB xix, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Would there be strivings for power and prestige?

2.
... prestige, and entrenched power which necessarily tempt ...   12&12 p.175, Tradition Nine
A.A. has to function, but at the same time it must avoid those dangers of great wealth, prestige, and entrenched power which necessarily tempt other societies.

3.
... prestige and power, for romance, and for ...   12&12 p.114, Step Twelve
Our desires for emotional security and wealth, for personal prestige and power, for romance, and for family satisfactions -- all these have to be tempered and redirected.

4.
... prestige, and romance.   12&12 p.71, Step Seven
For thousands of years we have been demanding more than our share of security, prestige, and romance.

5.
... prestige becomes uncontrollable, whether in the sewing ...   12&12 p.44, Step Four
When an individual's desire for prestige becomes uncontrollable, whether in the sewing circle or at the international conference table, other people suffer and often revolt.

6.
... prestige divert us from our primary purpose."   12&12 p.155, Tradition Six
"An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose."


7.
... prestige divert us from our primary purpose.   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Six -- An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.

8.
... prestige was tearing humanity apart as never ...   12&12 p.130, Tradition One
The struggle for wealth, power, and prestige was tearing humanity apart as never before.


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