They say their data therefore show that improvements in maths scores are related not to economic development, but directly to improvements in the social position of women.
U.S. and French defense officials believe at least one of those marriages gave Mr. Belmokhtar the social position he needed to charge safe-passage fees to cocaine cartels that move across the Sahara.
The implication is that it is easier to improve a person's health by weakening the connection between social position and health than by targeting behaviour directly.
Without any major products to excite the masses, however, Zynga has had a difficult time maintaining its position as the social gaming leader.
Having been in power for the past 12 years (and for most of the past century), the Social Democrats also had a privileged position as natural rulers of the country.
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Former lord mayor of the city, Alban Maginness of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, said the unionist position was inconsistent.
The list of attempts by beer makers to position themselves as the real social beer is as long as the list of beers.
Companies that embrace the renewed critical nature of the customer experience, and understand that social lives firmly at its core, will no doubt continue to reflect that in the tools and infrastructure adjustments they make to position themselves for the big social win.
When the libertarians sided with the liberals on social policy, as many have, the liberal position tends to prevail.
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Prom felt mostly like a job I had to do to maintain my position in the social hierarchy.
Also, Accel Partners has distributed a large chunk of its own position in the social network to the investors in its venture funds.
On the other hand, it can be argued, a forward-thinking leader with the interests of his or her people at heart can be in the best position to implement social improvements.
And also, if you could clarify your Social Security position -- would any of the money from Social Security, even from just Chained CPI, go toward the deficit as opposed to back into the trust fund?
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In a similar way, the rate of growth going forward will dominate the fiscal position of the federal government and the viability of Social Security and Medicare.
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Ten years later, in 1971, the position had reversed and social tenants outnumbered renters in private accommodation by 4.6 million to 3.2 million.
Mr Rawls uses his social contract device of the original position to advance standards for the interactions of liberal-democratic governments in a society of liberal-democratic peoples, and then to investigate the possibility of extending this society to include peoples who only partially share liberal-democratic values.
The inventors of the new scheme argue that social class depends mainly on a person's position in the labour market.
Add to that the fact that Internet companies with a lot more sex appeal than LinkedIn -- including Facebook, Groupon, Pandora, Yelp and Zynga (makers of FarmVille) -- are all likely to go public within the next year, and you have LinkedIn taking the pole position in what will be a tidal wave of social media companies entering the public markets.
If the Mandarin-speaking Rudd's open attitudes to China (which, granted, come easier in a nation that sells so much to the Chinese) are instructive for America's protectionist social democrats, the new prime minister is in a position to serve not just his countrymen but globalization's cause.
"We believe Facebook's virtual ownership of the social graph, strong competitive moat, and unwavering focus on the user experience position the company to significantly improve monetization over time and to become an enduring, blue-chip company built for the long term, " J.
And so my expectation is, is that we will have tough negotiations around the budget, but that ultimately we can arrive at a position that is keeping the government open, keeping Social Security checks going out, keeping veterans services being provided, but at the same time is prudent when it comes to taxpayer dollars.
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As the only UNESCO programme that fosters and promotes social science research, it is placed in a pivotal position in the overall promotion of UNESCO's goals.
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But just these two combined entities position Salesforce as the leading enterprise social marketing tools company.
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After my interview, to my surprise, I was informed they thought I was too qualified for the job, but they thought I was a perfect fit for a new position that they were creating: Social Media Manager, for the newly established social media department.
As we begin to calculate the enormous health care and social costs of climate change, health care professionals are in a position to educate their patients about the public health impacts of climate change and help prepare them for these impacts, and also become potent spokespersons for policies at all levels of government that would rein in climate change.
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In this climate, the social enterprise becomes less structured, less beholden to position and hierarchy.
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He told BBC News Online that he was encouraged by the EU position, which showed that concerns about social justice will go away.
His doctors (along with the psychiatric nurses and the social workers who led the daily therapy groups) had encouraged him to uncurl himself from the fetal position and try, at least try, to watch television or play a board game with the other patients, but this had mostly proved too great a challenge.
This is one of the few opportunities in social media where organizations can leverage their size and scope to make sure their position is properly represented in the digital sphere.
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