Matsuda argues that discrimination against both foreign and domestic accents, intentional or unintentional, can hurt people with a "low-status" accent when they're looking for a job.
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In other countries this would be attributed to their willingness to take on low-status secretarial positions - but in Mongolia women work in cities because they're also more highly educated.
"She says the photo might be of a kidnapper whom she had taken to be a low-status guard, but couldn't be sure, " the Monitor article, slated for Friday editions, said.
In particular, low-status individuals showed high levels of activity in genes associated with the production of various immune-related cells and chemical signalling factors, as well as those to do with inflammation (a general immune response that involves tissue swelling and increased immune-cell activity in the affected area).
This is because such countries have moved furthest along the demographic transition from poor, high-fertility status to richer, low-fertility status.
We are expecting some intensification and right now, most of the models and the NHC forecast - the National Hurricane Center forecast is calling for Ike to regain major status as a low-end category three.
His Equity Foundation partners with the bank on programs aimed at improving the socioeconomic status of low-income people.
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Most-favored-nation status offers low tariffs and treats countries as normal trading partners.
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Some speculate that Ispat and other capital intensive manufacturers will be relegated to the status of being the low-margin drones of others' supply chains.
Whether or not they truly believe this, Progressives definitely covet the high-status, high-paying, low-accountability jobs that regulatory agencies provide.
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Teenagers and young adults of low socioeconomic status who have a history of in-depth arts involvement earn better grades and have higher rates of college enrollment and attainment than those that are not exposed to the arts.
It would end the annual ritual of reviewing Beijing's trade status and guarantee Chinese goods the same low-tariff access to U.S. markets that most other nations enjoy.
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But many are also in a very low tax bracket, nullifying the supposed benefit of the tax-free status of muni bonds or the tax-deferral of fixed annuities.
The Association of School and College Leaders has warned that confusion over its complex structure and a low take-up rate could doom the qualification to second-class status.
Isolation, loneliness and low social status can harm a person's subjective sense of well-being, as well as his or her intellectual achievement, immune function and health.
The commission created a district covering a number of low-rise former warehouse buildings, which some argued didn't merit historic status.
Making his fifth consecutive appearance at the eight-man season finale, the low-key Davydenko had another chance to land a title that would finally reflect his status in the game.
The Bombay (Mumbai) meeting is likely to see the anti-globalisation activists focusing on Hinduism's centuries-old social hierarchy, or the caste system, which relegates nearly one-sixth of India's one billion population to the status of low castes known as Dalits, or the oppressed.
The measure would put millions who are in the U.S. illegally on a 13-year path to citizenship, while toughening border security requirements, mandating that all employers check the legal status of workers, and allowing tens of thousands of new high- and low-skilled workers into the country with new visa programs.
In addition to looking at personal characteristics such as age and relationship status, the researchers divided the countries into high- and middle-to-low income groups according to average household earnings.
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In urban Bolivia, for example, women are much more likely to be self-employed in the informal sector with no legal status, regulations or standard work conditions and low pay.
Many people have risen up to attack this principle based on the feeling that with micro-blogging and status updates on Facebook or Twitter, the barrier to content production is so low that the number would skew higher.
And because of its low price and icon status, Tata's new model should also swipe customers from Hero Honda and other two- and three-wheel manufacturers like Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor.
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