Why do some of our dreariest journalists spend all their time writing about Goldman Sachs, except to associate themselves with the status object they attack in order to raise their own status?

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And it gave some credence to the remarks of the Irish Cricket Union's chief executive Warren Deutrom, who has complained of the "glass ceiling" that prevents associate members of the ICC from gaining Test status.

BBC: Ireland advance to Super Eights

It is, in fact, entirely possible -- Treasury Secretary Brady's denials to the contrary notwithstanding -- that the "technical assistance" from these organizations to which the Soviet Union will become entitled by dint of its "associate membership status" will rapidly evolve into full membership status before or at the Munich Summit next year.

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Mrs Boothroyd ruled after the 1997 general election that what she called "associate status" for MPs did not exist.

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The tariff rise makes it harder for Chile to move from its present associate status to full membership of Mercosur.

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According to Malveaux, African Americans spend for the same reasons other Americans do, buying into mass media and our cultural images that associate status and satisfaction with material wealth.

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He also said that Moscow has sought the extradition of 21 people for prosecution in Russia, including Boris Berezovsky - a vocal Putin opponent and associate of Litvinenko - and the Chechen rebel figure Akhmed Zakayev, both of whom have refugee status in Britain.

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