11.   Some do grasp those changes, of course, and are leveraging their new stature to shop themselves around.

12.   The strike crippled GM, and its settlement proved a stellar event for the whole labor movement because it gave new stature to unions representing industrial workers.

13.   Evidence of his new stature came with an unheard-of invitation to spend time with the cast during filming, and the royal treatment he got on the set.

14.   His new stature did nothing to appease the Vatican, which frequently discourages political activism in its priests.

15.   It also highlighted the new stature of a city growing accustomed to its streets being used as impromptu studios for the fashion industry.