Carr gained face-to-face access to Valle during his 22-month prison confinement and then later interviewed him at home where he lives with his mother.
He attended Dan Hurley's coaching clinic, as many N.C.A.A. Division I coaches have done in recent years, to gain face time with the school's stable of recruits.
For example, the feeling of pride, honour and dignity is related to gaining face.
Yiyi's expression indicated that a person's fulfilment of filial obligation was considered as a means of gaining face.
Wo zuowei zhongguo ren ye you mianzi", which means "If China is strong, then I gain face as a Chinese".
She attended small, elite gatherings such as Gordon Research Conferences to gain face time and build a rapport with influential scientists.
In addition, fulfilling filial obligation and also being seen to be fulfilling this obligation by others is considered as an activity to gain face for both the adult children and their older parents.
Now I am considered by my colleagues and friends that as a xiao person – the image of a good daughter, daughter-in-law and wife which gains face for me.
It can be easily deduced that consumers with strong face consciousness are more concerned about extrinsic attributes of a product (brand, reputation and price) rather than intrinsic attributes (function and quality), so that they can gain face or avoid losing face (Belk 1988).
For example, Zhang reveals the nuanced ways in which displaying intimacy plays a role in maintaining intergenerational bonds, the importance of acts of care that give face to elders and therefore contribute to their emotional wellbeing as well as adult children themselves gaining face, or avoiding its loss, through appropriate displays of filial piety.
The similar things happened for my parents-in-law, they always mention the clothes, food, cooking devices, nearly all the things that I bought for them to their friends and relatives to show that they have a xiao daughter-in-law which would gain face for them.
