Sentence examples for social fortunes from inspiring English sources

WHEN you're not terribly smart or attractive, your social fortunes depend, in large part, on the quality of your stories.

Like the border that separates the two countries -- where the lush green landscape of the Dominican Republic gives way to the barren, deforested soil of Haiti -- the contrast in political and social fortunes is sharp.

Using data from a wide range of sources, Bankrupt Britain: An Atlas of Social Change maps out how Britain's economic and social fortunes have been affected in different geographical areas since 2007 in the wake of the banking crisis, economic crash, credit crunch and government cuts.

The gods of good social fortune blessed me with valuable friendships through that time.

Whereas the former debate centers on the relationship of individual traits and social arrangements, luck egalitarians contrast fortune and choice, and generally don't include society as an actor whose causal responsibility is at issue.

Making ingenious use of a vast revolving turntable at center stage (the inspired set is by John Napier), artfully arranged crowds and place-defining lighting (by David Hersey), the musical manages to keep in clear focus a broad cast of characters from different social strata whose fortunes and even identities change over the course of several decades.

As a couples therapist, the notion of marrying up vs. marrying down strikes me as impossibly antiquated -- something right out of "Downton Abbey," where suitable marriages were entirely a matter of matching people according to social class and fortune (hence the panic when Lord Grantham's youngest daughter marries their Irish chauffeur!).

So what can speed up ad fortunes for social networks?

Over five decades, Ray Jones has watched the fortunes of social work ebb and flow.

SOCIAL networks have made fortunes setting up Web sites that allow people to post profiles and trade messages.

The outcome of the government's consultation on this very radical shift will shape the financial fortunes of social care for years to come.