So all-important are ideas, we are told, that persons successful in business and happy in social life usually fall into two classes: those who invent new ideas of their own, and those who borrow, beg, or steal from others.

American policy toward such societies should stress our sympathy for the emerging social and professional classes.

The next question is whether board members favor their own social classes in their roles as educational policy-makers.

On the whole, it appears that they do not favor their own social classes in an explicit way.

If there were more such cases, it would be easier to answer the question whether the policy-makers favor their own social classes.

Central cities reveal two adverse features for the major denominations: ( 1 ) central cities tend to be areas of residence for lower social classes ; ;

Members of higher and lower social status often cluster around this nucleus, so that Protestant figures on social class give the impression of spread over all social classes ; ;

The perplexing question still remains as to why the middle classes turn to the churches as a vehicle of social identity when their clubs and charities should fill the same need.

Ballard's 1975 novel High Rise featured a luxury arcology in which disparity between social classes among the residents eventually led to widespread anarchy and a reversion to primitive archetypes.

In times past, ballroom dancing was social dancing for the privileged, leaving folk dancing for the lower classes.

The club was founded on September 23, 1845, as a social club for the upper middle classes of New York City, and was strictly amateur until it disbanded.

As a result of these social reforms the Liberal-Labour MP Alexander Macdonald told his constituents in 1879, " The Conservative party have done more for the working classes in five years than the Liberals have in fifty.

Goldoni maintains an acute sensibility for the differences in social classes between his characters as well as environmental and generational changes.

China was the earliest country to cultivate and drink tea which is enjoyed by people from all social classes.

Despite greater toleration, extreme sects were opposed by the upper classes as they were seen as a threat to social order and property rights.

Caste system develops, in view of Ross, when the worth difference within a society sharpens to such a point that the social superior shuns fellowship and intermarriage with the inferior, thus creating a society made up of closed hereditary classes.

According to Ross, over time, character contrasts between segregated social classes are interpreted as inborn.

Chinese society has traditionally been divided into four social classes: scholar-officials, farmers, artisans, and merchants.

People were born into specific social classes ; social mobility was not unknown, but it was extremely rare.

In some European countries, these closed social classes were given titles, followed mores and codes of behavior according to their closed social class, even wore distinctive dress.

The social structure and classes in England remains a controversial topic.

All of these factors have enabled Peru to make great strides in development, with improvement in government finances, poverty reduction and progress in social sectors.

International investment was spurred by the significant progress Peru made during the 1990s toward economic, social, and political stability, but it slowed again after the government delayed privatizations and as political uncertainty increased in 2000.

By 2004, Peru had a far-reaching social safety net that included food programs serving 35 percent of the population, and work programs offering temporary employment to unskilled workers.

The name has been adopted by a theatre group from Villa El Salvador, Lima, Peru, which works worldwide, raising issues involving social responsibility and involvement.

Nonetheless, the Fujishock succeeded in restoring Peru to the global economy, though not without immediate social cost.

Drinking mate with friends from a shared hollow gourd ( also called a guampa, porongo or mate in Spanish, or cabaça or cuia in Portuguese, or zucca in Italian ) with a metal straw ( a bombilla in Spanish, bomba in Portuguese ) is a common social practice in Uruguay, Argentina and southern Brazil among people of all ages ; the beverage is most popular in Uruguay, where people are seen walking on the street carrying the " mate " and " termo " in their arms and where you can find hot water stations to refill the " termo " while on the road, Paraguay, Peru and Chile, eastern Bolivia and other states of Brazil, and has been cultivated in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.

In Ecuador as well as in Peru and Bolivia a select elite group of persons with more Caucasian " European " mores and habits, including a more white-appearing physiognomy have traditionally monopolized the social discourse and handed down labels and tags of racial and social status to the lower classes.

During his second term Peru averaged seven percent GDP growth a year, held inflation below three percent annually and collated Peru's foreign exchange reserves at US $ 47 billion ; however his tenureship also resulted in increased environment damage according to critics and increased social conflict, according to the national human rights ombudsman's office.

The economic turbulence exacerbated social tensions in Peru and contributed in part to the rise of the violent rebel movement known as the Shining Path, which launched the internal conflict in Peru and began attacking electrical towers, causing a number of blackouts in Lima.

Tristan wrote this essay in 1843 after an extensive stay in Peru and a short trip to Britain where she produced works on the social conditions along the Channel.

* Coca, source of cocaine, has had both ritual and social use chiefly in Peru.

Some of Leguía's first actions were to institute social and economic reforms in an attempt to industrialize Peru and turn it into a modern capitalist society.

* Popular Action ( Peru ), a centrist and social liberal party

Popular Action ( Spanish: Acción Popular ) is a centrist and social liberal party in Peru.

Today, surfing in Peru has begun to spread ; boys and girls from different social classes practice this sport.

Catholic schools have experienced changes heralded by the Second Vatican Council in regards to Catholic social teaching cantered on the poor: “ First and foremost, the Church offers its educational services to the poor, or those who are deprived of family help and affection or those who are far from faith ....” These changes have led to instances in Brazil, Peru and Chile where the contributions has led to “ a new way of being in school ” by including the disadvantaged and people in poor areas to education.

" The social situation of Peru at that time was undergoing major changes, with the social reforms begun by president Augusto B. Leguia ( which were aimed at improving roads, sanitation, industrial development, and promoting the general welfare of Peru's Native American population ) being continued by president General Oscar Benavides.

Billinghurst belonged to the Civilistas group, which were then considered the architects of unprecedented political stability and economic growth in the country, but they also set in motion profound social changes that would, in time, alter the political panorama of Peru.

The couple moved to Lima, Peru, in 1819 where she lived as an aristocrat and held social gatherings in her home where guests included political leaders and military officers.

The Young Lives Project is investigating the changing nature of child poverty by following nearly 12 000 children for 15 years in four countries ( Ethiopia, Peru, Vietnam and India ), chosen to reflect a wide range of cultural, political, geographical and social contexts.