In both cases, the involvement of the young intellectual elite served to grab public attention.
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.
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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.
(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.
As a member of the Roman elite, Apicius served under Emperor Tiberius as a culinary adviser, often cooking for and dining with society's elite.
A subsequent period of incarceration in prison at Civitavecchia, north-west of Rome, brought him into contact with members of Italy's communist intellectual elite and served as a political academy for the young rebel.
The playwright makes a passing reference to Jack and Jill, a once quasi-secret black organization, scarcely heard of among whites, whose chapters met mainly at the homes of black elites and served to foster what often became lifelong alliances.
Senator Moynihan, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, not, as legend has it, in one of the seedier portions of Manhattan, was raised by a deserted mother, attended a non-elite university, served as a naval officer in the second world war, and spent three years at the London School of Economics as a Fulbright scholar.
