The Kinsey Institute claims on its Web site that "every bonobo — female, male, infant, high or low status — seeks and responds to kisses".
The suit, in which lawyers plan to seek class-action status, seeks unspecified damages that Mr. Gallagher said could reach hundreds of millions or billions of dollars.
The status seeking among China's superwealthy has warped into another dimension.
On the evidence of Ms. Loevy's selections, book clubs like coming-of-age stories, exotic settings, family conflict, status seeking and clear, instructive lessons.
In 1997, based on that marriage, Mr. Ramoutar applied for permanent residency status, seeking what is known as a green card for himself and his two sons.
"We conducted additional analysis that suggests that this increase in dishonesty is due to a greater emphasis on materialistic values and social status seeking".
But he gradually distanced himself from just about everyone, deploring (among other things) commercialism, status seeking, the idea of showing several artists' work in a single room.
The plausible view has generally been held that the military strive for war, in which they attain greater resources and can satisfy their status seeking and, sometimes, also an aspiration for direct and full political power.
The virtual reward system on this platform is designed to activate the status seeking behavior of its members.
There, Hitwise looked at selected segments called "colleges and cafes," "kids and cabernet," "status seeking singles," and "full pockets empty nests".
Drawing from the uses and gratifications (U&G) and social cognitive theories (SCT), this study explored the influences of information seeking, socializing, entertainment, status seeking and prior social media sharing experience on news sharing intention.
