We've attained a certain level, and we've fought very hard to preserve that".
"It is sad to see when somebody who has attained a certain level of public stature and even admiration tarnishes that legacy so thoroughly," Earnest said of the mayor most remembered for his leadership after the September 11 attacks.
But in Portland, karaoke has attained a certain level of cool, thanks in part to the fact that it's less the province of drunken bachelorette parties and more the territory of born performers scratching an itch.
It's not uncommon for excellence-driven wunderkinds who have attained a certain level of success early in career to simultaneously suffer from "imposter complex". The relentless pace of striving and achieving can leave little room for sincere self-reflection.
For starters, they should consider transferring intellectual property rights to individual researchers (at least, those who have attained a certain level of seniority and credibility) for free, irrespective of the dollar amount of the grant the government provided for the creation of the invention, so long as those researchers are prepared to take the risks of starting a new business on their own.
Such tests may be deemed to be unreliable not only due to lack of homogeneity, but as a result of inconsistency in distinguishing candidates who have attained a certain level of mastery from those who have not (Bachman and Palmer [1996]).
Serious academics restrict their analysis to countries that have attained a certain level of gross national income (GNI).
Most of the early hosts attained a certain level of fame, but their time on Food Network didn't exactly make them household names.
Stone and a handful of her contemporaries who have attained a certain level of fame — Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson — may be able to get away with not having Twitter accounts because they're so in-demand.
For proof, look no further than "The Hills' " reality TV villains Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, out now promoting their new advice book, "How to Be Famous". Nickelodeon's "iCarly," 2009's most-watched TV show among kids 2-11, according to the Nielsen Co., is about a girl who has attained a certain level of celebrity by producing and starring in her own Web series.
It is likely that there may be a threshold effect, i.e. when economic growth and the accompanying social transformation attain a certain level, the effect on population health becomes notable.
