These concepts have broad implications because the parvenu / pariah distinction is at the heart of most contemporary debates about racial and ethnic identity and American culture.
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But even worse than their parvenu status, those who came to Iraq after the invasion face questions about their track record since Hussein's fall.
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He is considered one of the most important unfinished novels, " La Vie de Marianne " and " Le Paysan parvenu ".
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He became the king and chief god of the city, though his body washes up by his ancestors'tower, now owned by a parvenu.
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Vlahu was already outraged by Caragiale's unsigned parodies in " Moftul ", calling them the work of " some stupid parvenu ".
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The stage was the august and venerable ruler of the performing arts; film was the upstart and parvenu, raiding plays for material, actors and prestige.
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Democrats tend to think of elected office as a promised land to be held in perpetuity; theirs tend to be the flaws of corruptionists, not parvenus.
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Was it not clear that the parvenu private bankers, living as oil sheiks, have neither the culture nor the ability to direct and manage these banks?
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Such reproving scenes were standard fare in Netherlandish art of the time ( think of the parvenu louts and peasant wenches in Jan Steen's tavern scenes ).
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From NFL parvenu Kurt Warner to the long-suffering Bruce Matthews, this Super Bowl promises to deliver the league from every evil that assailed it this season.