21.   For additional millions, dishearteningly, the American dream of generational upward mobility has vanished like a vapor.

22.   Francis is a driven Wall Streeter consumed with upward mobility.

23.   Going from the Baptist Church to the Presbyterian or Episcopal Church was a sign of upward mobility.

24.   His father, Benjamin, a self-trained engineer, quickly became a model of postwar upward mobility, steadily increasing his skills and income.

25.   Holding onto a job now takes precedence over upward mobility, or getting decent annual raises.

26.   Ignored was the obvious fact that immigrants are self-selected travelers, primed for upward mobility.

27.   In a country stratified more than ever by race and class, Jennings is an increasingly rare exemplar of upward mobility.

28.   In moving from South Hampton to River Oaks, Fastow followed the upward mobility route of Skilling.

29.   In the last five years, fees have quadrupled in the state system, so it is no longer the same ladder of upward mobility.

30.   In this society, shame is fame and sin is an instrument of upward mobility.