Sentences with phrase «class status as»

They were given a second - class status as dhimmi, but allowed some freedom, although they were subject to quite heavy taxation.

Not exact matches

Uber's claim is that, while Liss - Riordan's clients may want employee status, at least 400 fellow drivers do not and therefore, they shouldn't be treated as a class.

For example, across nineteen Techstars classes in its four year history, over 70 % of all Techstars graduates have raised capital (Techstars publishes an amazing chart that lists every company in every class and their fundraising status as well as employee count).

«Even though extant research has identified numerous predictors of people's happiness and well being, most of these factors represent relatively stable aspects of an individual's life, such as the cultural environment in which one is raised or resides and demographics such as age, education, social class, marital status, and religion,» write the researchers.

The Hearst suit is going less well for the plaintiffs, as a judge has denied them class action status, but is allowing the suit to proceed.

The popularity of digital currencies and the industry furthering its status as a legitimate asset class continues to attract retail investors and traditional investment institutions.

More than 60 countries have now successfully negotiated what is known as Approved Destination Status (ADS) from Beijing, putting them on the list of group travel destinations for the increasingly affluent Chinese middle class.

In challenging their status as independent contractors, Lyft's drivers were unable to bring a class action lawsuit against the app company thanks to an arbitration clause contained in their contract with Lyft.

Emerging markets start to get some traction as middle class seeks recognitions and claim a higher status through their lifestyle.

This psychological relationship is then exploited by the priest class as one means of maintaining the status quo.

Fewer working - class and poor Americans are marrying nowadays in part because marriage is seen increasingly as a sort of status symbol: a sign that a couple has arrived both emotionally and financially.

A male, who held the highest position in society, and held the highest class status, was seen to be «feminized» by penetration, and designated as a social inferior, (female), by a male of lower class status, and thus his status was lowered, to that of a woman.

As people mature they come to care about those who are remote in terms of class, economic status, race, and geography.

Slavery, as social phenomenon and as metaphor, has been an important topic, as has the role of prophets and prophecy, the practice of magic, and the class status of early converts to Christianity.

3) It is a source of dignity — made obvious in this case by Renee's low status as an unattractive working - class woman without children and past child - bearing age.

But another reading seems equally plausible — that many sought to shore up their status as part of the «responsible middle - class» by underscoring the discrepancy between their own «fit» families and those of the underclass.

Arguing that «the marriage institution did not develop to deny dignity or to give second class status to anyone,» but rather «to serve purposes that, by their nature, arise from biology,» attorney James J. Bursch described the push to legalize same - sex marriage as the desire to «take an institution that was never intended to be dignity - bestowing, and make it dignity - bestowing.»

Though there are people among the «priestly class», as you call it, that use the doctrine of inspiration to lord their educated / professional status over the average church members, there are plenty of others (such as my pastor, and probably most every Calvary Chapel pastor) who approach their charge as shepherds of the flock with the proper attitude of a helper and clarifier to the flock seeking to understand the meaning of the Bible.

The considerable number of Muslims who had settled in China had laid a secure foundation for Islam, but during those seven hundred years the Muslims had retained their alien status as a special class which preserved its own language, customs, and manners and was never fully integrated with the Han people.

Class status is defined by such matters as occupation, the length of a family's residence in a community, income and property, the quality and place of residence, the mores and values which guide them, and education.

Still, their traditional status as second - class citizens endured.

He also faulted churches for coalescing around distinctions of class, race, education, and economic status rather than welcoming outcasts — represented in the biblical passage by «foreigners» and «eunuchs» — on equal terms with ourselves as children of God.

The Church supported the status quo, which is understandable, but the status quo in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (and before that) gave us a class society, top to bottom... with the upper stratum as masters.

Desperate, angry, and galvanized pro-sod activists learned that if they could make a compelling case that they were born gay, they could become eligible for minority Status as a Suspect Class under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

His naive use of class differences to identify excellence («Ministers of the better class are not satisfied to accept the rural churches») and his explicit call for theological schools to train persons to minister specifically to the rich suggest that this interest in theology, which is otherwise so thoroughly underemployed in Harper's proposed reform of theological schooling, is vulnerable to ideological misuse as a «cover» that at once obscures and legitimates an underlying concern to secure the churches» social status.

Moreover, most contemporary Westerners would include minds, bodies, atoms, bacteria, airplanes, and mountains in the class of things which they know to be real; but they may be uncertain about the status in reality of God, mathematical entities, and logical concepts such as «possibility.»

Finally, as I have already noted, the assertion of values left open the possibility that those of any class or status might claim to embody them.

The aristocratic position is that refinement of taste is for an elite class of «gentlefolk»; in fact, it is regarded as a mark of status and belongs only to a select few.

The following discussions define premium as the highest quality options within commoditised goods whereas luxury refers to products that hold a particular status due to their rarity and / or association with social class.

Dhavall Gandhi has been appointed master blender at The Lakes Distillery, in a move intended to affirm its status as a world - class distillery.

At the end of the season wenger will be in an unusual situation, in that he will only have 29 players classed as over 21, 5 of those will be keepers so I expect 1 will be sold and 2 sent out on loan again, with Huddart or iliev being able added 3Rd choice keeper status and being underage.

Nonetheless, despite being classed as homegrown at present, if new regulations come into play — in which players must have been affiliated to the FA or FAW for three years prior to their 18th birthday, changed from their 21st — Song's status as homegrown will therefore be removed.

Although Adnan Januzaj is not close to world class status just yet, he remains one of the best young players in the world and could very much be the next Ronaldo if he can find his feet at United and establish himself as a more consistent performer and goalscorer.

He will never achieve top class status while he is in the shadow of Ronaldo and Bale, and will always be looked on as never having quite made it, like Suarez, Messi, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovich et al have done.

A figure that is making Florentino Perez tremble in light of the legendary status of the name Santiago Bernabéu, while Pallotta has no doubts to extract maximum profit from a potential partnership which will guarantee revenues for Roma as a world class club.

It's not as easy (easy in football terms) as chucking down 40 million for someone like Ozil; he'd been doing it for years, already claiming the world class status in his spell at Real Madrid.

The stroller became a status symbol as only the upper - class population could afford such luxury.

Gay fathers tend to be economically well - off, one means by which their children may garner social advantages relative to other children, while additional research has shown that children of gay fathers did not report differences in sex - typed behaviour compared with parents of other family configurations.58 A large literature shows that parents tend to transmit values to their children along socioeconomic status lines, with middle class parents typically imparting different values from parents in lower socioeconomic strata.59, 60 However, little of this work has examined fathers in particular, as distinct from mothers.

Objective A study of preterm children found an IQ advantage among those who were breastfed as infants after controlling for maternal social class and educational status.

In doing so, Macmillan pays specific attention to the role of concepts such as honour and masculinity and the overarching interaction between these archaic codes of behaviour and the social changes occurring at that time: «As Europe went through its rapid social changes in the last part of the nineteenth century, honour became both an attribute that the old landowning classes could cling to with increasing determination as something that distinguished them from the newly prosperous middle classes and, for the socially ambitious, a mark of a higher and better social status.&raquas honour and masculinity and the overarching interaction between these archaic codes of behaviour and the social changes occurring at that time: «As Europe went through its rapid social changes in the last part of the nineteenth century, honour became both an attribute that the old landowning classes could cling to with increasing determination as something that distinguished them from the newly prosperous middle classes and, for the socially ambitious, a mark of a higher and better social status.&raquAs Europe went through its rapid social changes in the last part of the nineteenth century, honour became both an attribute that the old landowning classes could cling to with increasing determination as something that distinguished them from the newly prosperous middle classes and, for the socially ambitious, a mark of a higher and better social status.&raquas something that distinguished them from the newly prosperous middle classes and, for the socially ambitious, a mark of a higher and better social status.»

Civil service clerks who unionize and advocate for a wage structure that enables them to participate in our economy as productive, middle - class citizens are demonized, ridiculed and exhorted to accept their status as serfs and vassals while an economy on the brink of complete failure can't throw enough money at the self - syled «nobility».

Though it is customary for vice presidents to keep a full political calendar, he has gone a step further, creating an independent power base, cementing his status as Mr. Trump's heir apparent and promoting himself as the main conduit between the Republican donor class and the administration.

George said the late Dipo was very humble, as he interacted freely with everyone irrespective of class or status.

We are proud of the fact that we have contributed to successfully maintaining Lake Placid's status as a world class host of elite sporting competitions.»

In his announcement, the Republican touted his familiarity with the district, his winning election record and his status as a regular guy with a working - class background.

«In the last election cycle, different groups of people were marginalized - some people began to classify themselves as the «real Americans» and everyone else took a second class status.

However, their candidate is a Remainer, and Stoke's status as «capital of Brexit» is likely to prove a challenge for a party increasingly seen as out of touch with the many of the working - class voters who used to assure it their vote.

Unlike for most people, your science degree and associated middle - class social status do not necessarily translate into more respect for you as an individual.

The assumption is that if you are black and come from a socioeconomically middle class home, you no longer suffer the significant disadvantage of race, as race - related disadvantages are overcome when the lower socioeconomic status is overcome.

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