In 1899 Thorstein Veblen, an economist, described the economic necessity of efficient leisure to a society where conspicuous consumption, leisure, and other "emulative or invidious comparisons" had replaced hereditary emblems of status.
Indeed, among elite institutions, diversity has become a key emblem of elite status.
The most important vestment among the insignia is the stole, the emblem of sacerdotal status, the origin of which is the ancient pallium.
If parody is an emblem of pop-culture status — signifying a measure of permanence — Matthews belongs on any Mount Rushmore of political screaming heads.
BACK in the 1950's, Scotch meant blended whiskey, the beverage of choice on Madison Avenue and in corporate back rooms, and an emblem of conformity and status in the age of Eisenhower.
Thus, because the stole is a yoke around the neck of the priest and he should rejoice in his servitude, on donning or doffing it he kisses the emblem of his servile status.
Matthews, for his part, says he loves the Hammond impression and sometimes catches himself "doing Hammond doing Matthews". If parody is an emblem of pop-culture status — signifying a measure of permanence — Matthews belongs on any Mount Rushmore of political screaming heads.
The car brand has always been an emblem of identity and status, world-renowned for its luxury, and it has become the first choice for the successful; B car is an environmentally friendly car of some brand.
The Arch of Constantine is one of ancient Rome's best-known monuments, famous for its use of spolia and its status as emblem of the religious and political changes that occurred under Constantine.
To many Britons his physical appearance confirmed his status as an emblem of The Other, of a threat posed by strangers.
