1.   As working-class families acquired more consumer goods, the distinctions between classes came to depend more on taste than on buying power.

2.   In opinion polls, Asians say that academic distinction comes primarily from hard work, while Americans tend to credit innate intelligence.

3.   The law enforcement distinction came when Steiner was hired to ride horseback patrol for the Rangers.

4.   The key phrase is research, and that is where the distinction between short-term and long-term prospects comes into play.

5.   With his next homer also comes the distinction of being the most prolific home-run hitter since the franchise moved from Brooklyn.