Despite its obvious connection to the psychology of thumos, the fascinating contemporary literature on the evolutionary basis of the status-obsessed mind is AWOL from The Social Animal.

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She of course obliged and he was struck about how nice she was: "Very agreeable, bearing in mind her status, " he told me.

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And Carrie's work colleagues don't mind her dual status as mother and co-worker.

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The best relationships challenge the status quo with a destination in mind.

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Ultimately, you cannot achieve epic or legendary status, even in your own mind, if you do not try at least some of these tactics and strategies.

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Would you mind if I take a mule back depending on the status of my legs on Wednesday?

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But most of the high-end market is filled with televisions boasting really, really big screens, mind-numbing tech specs and some sort of designer status.

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The first thing that came to mind is the power of women and how crowdfunding can help alter the status quo and Wall Street stranglehold on the distribution of capital.

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Sitting on a panel here yesterday at the ISPCon trade show with the Red Hat CEO, his new investor friends, a local TV anchorwoman and a devoted crowd singing his praises, Torvalds certainly didn't mind the attention, nodding playfully at suggestions that he was approaching "God-like" status among developers.

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Only two of England, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand will therefore need to change their mind, assuming of course the original five "yes" votes have been retained, and Test status will be theirs.

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