Sentences with phrase «gaining social standing»

In this way, a typical story arc of the backpacker novel focuses not on a deepened understanding of local cultures, but on gaining social standing within travel communities that aren't all that demographically distinct from cliquish subcultures back home.

«Lessons from lemurs: To make friends, show off your smarts: How extracting a grape from a box helps primates gain social standing.»

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As rivals such as Instagram and Snapchat gain traction with advertisers and social media users, investors have questioned how long Twitter could persist as a stand - alone company.

We can appreciate the Christian absolutist who seeks to stand wholly against involvement in the evil of society; yet as he does so he must realize that those who are working for relative gains within the social order are doing a necessary work in the service of God.

Female students protested that this directive contradicted the gains women have made to stand on equal ground with men in social and sexual matters.

But stories like yours spread and gain publicity and just maybe a mother out there might gain some strength from it and be brave enough to stand up for herself and her baby and will continue breastfeeding her toddler despite social pressures.

The person that stands the most to gain from all of this, of course, is Hammer, who is pretty much a lock for a Best Supporting Actor nomination after just barely missing out last year for his incredible work in «The Social Network.»

If you defer Social Security benefits using a reverse mortgage, you stand to actually make some gains, too.

Korea - born New York artist Nikki S. Lee was far more than a stand - in when, between 1998 and 2001, she had onlookers snap her picture to mark her infiltration of clannish social groups — sex workers, hip - hop kids, seniors — to which she would not ordinarily gain entrance, relinquishing her natural identity while firmly remaining in her role as an artist.

It helps potential connections understand what's important to you, what type of information you plan to communicate through the social medium and what they stand to gain by connected with you.

Our study investigated, first, developmental gains in children's language competence, social support seeking, and self control following the transitions to kindergarten and school; second, whether native Germans, ethnic German repatriates, Russian Jewish and Turkish migrants differed in developmental gains following these transitions; and third, whether differences in mother's education, financial standing, or network contacts accounted for ethnic group differences in developmental gains.