So it is not surprising that status distinctions are made borough to borough.

There is no other status distinction between them.

Some of these had to do with the importance of status distinctions.

I know I was not immune to the pervasive inculcation of status distinctions.

Along with eliminating hierarchies of communication, companies are removing other status distinctions.

As a result, such estates are even more likely to display sharp status distinctions and to be divided into clearly marked cliques.

These activities helped legitimize the state in the eyes of the common people and preserved local status distinctions.

This clearly has practical implications in any situation in which status distinction can be particularly salient.

The very accidental qualities that render status distinctions unfair, moreover, also render them safe.