While the additional year or two can help the students, it hurts Ossining's academic standing.

I hoped it would not hurt Hap's standing among them.

"Are you saying that people thinking you're bisexual hurts your standing as a leader?"

Governor Bush said he did not believe that his loss on the tax bill would hurt his political standing.

He adopted a protectionist message that seemed only to hurt his standing in the polls.

But he acknowledged that doing so could hurt her standing with Florida voters.

Have I ever raised my hand to you, or hurt your standing?

"It would hurt my standing, to take a gift from a man who struck me."

This decision is thought to have hurt Miller's standing with the public.

It is not hurting Israel's international standing, he asserted.