In 1990, its campaign literature emphasized balanced budgets, and rejected distinct status for minority groups.

I've long felt that teachers should have a similar distinct legal status to police officers.

The reason for this is that no distinct sub-national status exists in Belgium.

This reflected a wish among Rhodesian whites to maintain a distinct and separate status from the rest of the population.

These have a distinct administrative and legal status and traditions.

Each of them with a distinct personal status, symbolized by the three colors of a traffic light.

McMillan's success in gaining an Indian classification for these free people of color gave them a distinct social status.

The Khamti society is divided into classes, each signifying distinct status in the social hierarchy.

The legal creation of a distinct status of civil inferiority for the negro.

The language has been accorded a quite distinct status within the Union since Ireland joined in 1973.