The Congo is very wealthy from oil money but is not paying its debts and at the same time is applying for special status at the World Bank. That's shocking and disingenuous.
After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question.
The overall strength of Chinese culture and its international influence is not commensurate with China's international status. The international culture of the West is strong while we are weak.
Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patient's renal and cardiopulmonary status. This spectacular success was a clear demonstration that organ transplantation could be life-saving.
Rewards are directly proportional to the suspect and his peers' status in society: $100,000 was offered in the Moxley case. It meant nothing to millionaires.
While there are few records of Viking women participating in battle, they certainly held positions of high status in society as human sorceresses known as 'volvas.'
If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well.
Our teens are embedded in a culture driven by competition and perfectionism, where success is defined by status, performance and their appearance.
I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised.
Saya tidak tertarik untuk memiliki tanah atau uang atau status. Satu-satunya keinginan saya adalah menemukan seorang pria yang akan menghabiskan hidupnya bersama saya.
your wealth and so called status can not earn real respect for you in the society , if you are characterless (have no purity).
The likes of Frank Lampard and John Terry at Chelsea, English players with proper status at a club, they're going to be like the dodo bird. Extinct.
The E.U. cannot act as guardian of the post-Cold War status quo without risking a collapse of Europe's current institutional infrastructure.
I'm very privileged to be the celebrity I am.
A Christian's celebration of Christmas should be a lot different from that of nonbelievers.
I think a Celebrity Survivor would be great.
It doesn't matter if you're famous or infamous. All that matters is you're a celebrity.
It would be flattering to be thought of as someone who celebrated life.
I loathe celebrity. I can't stand it.
Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.
Being a celebrity can be dangerous. Nobody says 'no.'