Because of the nerd's special knowledge, he could put his imprimatur on dirt and make it money.

Still others recommend an unaffiliated doctor to their patients, thus putting their imprimatur on the other person's work.

Now we are moving in the direction of putting our own imprimatur on our environment, allowing personal visions amid the technology.

This formally puts the state's imprimatur on what had been a relatively unstructured approach.

"I had to withdraw totally from the City Opera in order to allow Christopher to put his imprimatur on the company," she said.

In fact, the governor did not put his imprimatur on any initiatives at all yesterday.

Even the German government put its imprimatur on the investment.

This director said the Public was increasingly booking works conceived entirely by other theaters and putting its imprimatur on them.

"The university, by putting its imprimatur on the fund, has helped make that statement in a very powerful and important way."

So he relented and sort of put his imprimatur on the magazine, though he never wrote much for it.