Sentences with phrase «status symbols by»

Once considered a status symbol by the wealthy in Turkey, Golden Retrievers have become more common and less valued.

A high - priced Apple Watch — even a gold edition that costs $ 50,000 — could have been a status symbol by the virtue of what it represented beyond itself as a product: a contribution to a charitable foundation or the pursuit of science for the good of humanity.

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The headphones have become a bit of status symbol worn by celebrities as well as audiophiles.

The church removes any symbol of authority from the person... they have no special status in the church that they could exploit by trusting members of the church.

By Dave DeWitt The peach appears to have originated in China, where it achieved cult - like status because it was symbol of immortality among poets, sculptors, and painters.

The dynamic of footballer transfers has become polarised by the emergence of billionaires who see owning a football club as a status symbol, and at the other end of the scale, by the growing debt of clubs at all levels.

Some European - made antique carriages are status symbols for celebrities such as Madonna and Celine Dion, who spent $ 2,600 on the classic Balmoral Pram, described by some Web reviewers as a tiny Humvee.

The government has dropped plans to buy two private jets, branded «Blair Force One» and attacked as an «expensive status symbol» by critics.

By owning such birds, members of high society appeared to be above the law, and the birds became a status symbol.

Indeed, by inviting cameras into their couch sessions, US celebs Bethenny Frankel and Kourtney Kardashian seem to have turned psychology into a status symbol.

On Facebook, «like» people's status updates and comments, and when you mention someone, tag them (by using the «@» symbol followed by their name) so they will get a notification.

We have hundreds of examples; one might be that the rainbow used to be a symbol of God's wrath on a decadent society, and another of course would be The Devil himself — once feared by believers and even non-believers alike — but nowdays is consigned along with the Bible and Jesus resurrection to «myth» status and cartoonised as a little man in red pants and a pitch fork.

There is a great article by Jemima Whyte on the Australian Financial News, which talks about the latest status symbol in the online dating world — credit ratings.

In our culture, dating an older partner is often seen as a status symbol for younger women — we're often told that older partners will be more financially and emotionally stable, which is why being courted by an older partner is often seen as a compliment, a confirmation that you, indeed, have your act together and are desirable.

Thanks to its three - pointed star badge, it's seen by many as the ultimate status symbol.

Crossovers are an upwardly mobile status symbol, and in the 1970s, that role was occupied by personal luxury coupes, like this 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

When you place your order, you will be taken to the secure server, which is indicated by the locked padlock symbol in the status bar of your Internet browser.

Treasured as a status symbol believed to bring good luck, the Asian arowana is bred on high - security farms in Southeast Asia and sold by the hundreds of thousands each year.

I know if a new book by William Gibson or Neil Gaimon came out and was one of a kind, with a very limited run, I would certainly spend $ 200 on it and use it as a status symbol.

Holmes offers a compelling portrait of a woman whose public display and ultimate study by scientists long ago gained her iconic status as a symbol of European fascination with African sexuality.

While plenty of authors successfully publish and gain a following without first gaining approval or permission, most are rightfully susceptible to the honor and prestige that comes with being anointed or accepted by a particular house, editor, agent, prize, review... choose whatever status symbol you like.

By using the tips outlined in this article you can turn that status symbol into a useful tool for your future.

The importance placed on property ownership, both as a hold of value and as a status symbol, is amplified by Asian immigrants who are more likely to own their own home and have property investments — a key reason why as many as 81 % of immigrant poll respondents say they feel happily middle class.

In current society, although not as prohibitive in cost as they once were, they are still considered by some to be a status symbol.

Normally no, however the practices employed by some owners who have the dogs as status symbols can produce an aggressive animal purely due to the dog's willingness to please their owner.

«In a culture in which people are easily lured by the appeal of status - enhancing symbols, I find beauty in derelict cars and unkempt landscapes.

In a culture in which people are easily lured by the appeal of status - enhancing symbols, Cyr finds beauty in derelict car

Compositionally, these works are still heavily influenced by Newsome's interest in the rules of heraldry and the use of contemporary pop cultural status symbols.

Visually striking and playfully rigorous» the films occupy wildly different stylistic positions as a means of re-animating the ways in which form can become the unquestioned carrier of meaning — by the way in which meaning is implied through metaphor or example, inscribed by case studies, fictionalized in props or interpreted in art criticism, status symbols and as the evidence of crime...

The shifting of values and symbols of status and luxury in suburbia were challenged in a similar way in «Edible Estates, Attack on the Front Lawn» by Fritz Haeg where pristine, chemically fertilized ands manicured front lawns were converted into green.

This is the lesson that can be gleaned from the meteoric rise of the young Buffalo - born artist Jacob Kassay, who beginning in 2010 saw his shiny monochrome canvases — made with a chemical process that gives them a dirty - mirror - like sheen — become the status symbol for emerging - art collections, leapfrogging past one auction estimate after another by wild multiples.

That increase is being driven by an influx of wealthy investors who view modern and contemporary art not only as a status symbol but also as a way to diversify their vast portfolios.

The trade is spurred by the demand for shark fin soup, an expensive Chinese delicacy and status symbol commonly served at banquets and other celebrations.

And then people buy smartwatches, realize that they're almost useless, and let them sit in their drawer — unless they're going out for the night and their smartwatch of choice is the Apple Watch, which is at least somewhat a status symbol because it's made by Apple.

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Most happiness that is acquired by achieving status symbols is short lived.

In my column titled Pack Mentality, I wrote that human beings are highly motivated by status and its symbols.