It would have been very easy just to hire someone, just another coach, and not get a high-profile person.

She is a high-profile person and that would be important to the university from a national standpoint.

"When some high-profile person from a place like the Conference Board throws out a report like this, it sets us back."

Assassination is the targeted murder of a high-profile person, usually by surprise attack and for political purposes.

He said the new editor did not need to be a "high-profile person, but somebody with experience who definitely knows New York."

"If you take out a high-profile person and nail them, that has a deterrent effect," Professor Nelson said.

"Unfortunately, the way our society works," Mr. Black said, "when someone becomes a successful or high-profile person, they also become a target."

"I'm a high-profile person all of a sudden," he said, managing a sort of sad wink.

"I'm a high-profile person, and I should have been more sensitive to my obligations and responsibilities," he told Judge Brown.

Interestingly, another high-profile kidnapped person was recovered that day.