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Cantonese has in the past few years earned a kind of covert prestige on the mainland.

Revis didn't exactly get a break on the play; he earned a kind of wrinkle in time by his play in the past.

(Chinen) Odean Pope Trio (Monday) The tenor saxophonist Odean Pope is a figure of eminence in his hometown, Philadelphia, and his musical legacy — as a disciple of John Coltrane, a jazz-funk vanguardist and an organizer of saxophonic timbre — has earned a kind of cult admiration worldwide.

Earlier this year UGK earned a kind of vindication: The duo's long-awaited double album, "Underground Kingz," made its debut at No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart, thanks partly to a well-received single, "Int'l Players Anthem," featuring guest verses from the members of OutKast, just one of many Southern hip-hop groups that owed UGK a big debt.

In that state of mind, they have earned a kind of inoculation against the fuzzy thinking of these weird ideas floating around out there.

Trade earned a kind of respect from the mainstream dance music industry that other British gay events had never quite commanded.

Since it started life in 1985, Peter Hall's staging of Britten's 1947 comedy, revived for Glyndebourne on Tour by James Robert Carson, has gone on to earn a kind of classic status.

But at his new middle school, Justin's autistic qualities earned him a kind of celebrity status.

All these ties, combined with Mr. McCain's criticism of Russia, have earned him a kind of notoriety in Moscow.

But Zhukova's almost virtuosic uncommunicativeness seems to apply to all areas of her life, and her infinite unquotability has earned her a kind of fame among journalists.

But Ashcroft discovered that "if you lowered your head and ran over somebody on the football field... it earned you a kind of respect.