He is clearly not, and never was, immune to Mr Strummer's charms; and he delights in mentioning - and mentioning again - his inner-circle status.
In some circles, status bags have already become a punch line.
I also happen to be Catholic, which I hasten to clarify is about as important to this topic as being Cambodian; it's an unbending characteristic of Catholic hospitals to embrace all people and faiths, so in Catholic hospitals, you get no inner-circle status for being Catholic.
By 2001, Mr. Grimaldi said, he had been frozen out of Mr. Ganim's inner circle, a status that was vital to his ability to earn the huge consulting fees from willing city contractors.
The Los Angeles museum's memberships, which bring in about $8 million a year, range from $25 at the student level to $50,000 for members of the Director's Circle (a status that affords what the museum terms "intimate dinners with artists and the director").
In certain circles where status and style are closely scrutinized, copies still don't cut it.
Some of the boxers are recognized in boxing circles, with status beyond the sobriquet contender, including Ishe Smith (14-0), Sergio Mora (12-0) and Peter Manfredo (21-0).
The gesture won Dr. Keene, already a prominent figure in Japanese literary and intellectual circles, a status approaching that of folk hero, making him the subject of endless celebratory newspaper articles, television documentaries and even displays in museums.
We have to break the vicious circle of low status homecare work.
Once installed, the emails sent to you from third-party services were turned into mini-apps that let you do things like comment on a Facebook post, send a tweet, follow a user, add someone to a Google+ circle, see the status of a Groupon deal, and more.
There is — or was — a formal swearing of fealty to Al Qaeda that some people might see as distinguish membership verses first-circle-of-alliance status.
