In both cases, the involvement of the young intellectual elite served to grab public attention.
ALBANY — For decades, Jack's Oyster House has been a favored haunt of the capital's political elite, serving up healthy portions of gossip and deal-making along with its signature dish, sautéed calf's liver.
The protests, held in defiance of warnings from the clerical and military elite, served as a public embarrassment to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who had hoped to showcase national unity just two weeks before he is set to meet Western leaders for talks on Iran's nuclear program.
Shark-fin soup was once a luxury reserved for China's elite, served at dinner receptions as a way to show off status and wealth.
(Thomas and Grindle 1994, p.53) How particular circumstances are perceived by policy elites serves as a bridge between the "embedded orientations" of individuals and societies and the kinds of changes considered by decision makers confronted with specific policy choices.
Policy circumstances differ from contextual factors because of their dynamic element: How particular circumstances are perceived by policy elites serves as a bridge between the "embedded orientations" of individuals and societies and the kinds of changes considered by decision makers confronted with specific policy choices.
When the names of these elite universities serve as an inoculation against accusations of insufficient qualifications and grant their graduates qualified immunity in confirmation battles, those universities acquire a quasi-governmental power.
Class continues to be the one subject that is taboo for serious discussion in the American media, which, not surprisingly, are owned by that elite and serve its interest in obfuscating the reality of class conflict in our history.
The paradox is that sanctions placed on the elite could serve Mr Putin's goal of closing Russia and creating a siege mentality.
I trust that it's not too much to ask that our young conservative elites actually serve in the war they support so much.
