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eliteA small group with power in a society, having privileges and status above others. An elite may be cultural, educational, religious, political (also called ‘the establishment’ or ‘the governing circles’), or social. Sociological interest has centred on how such minorities get, use, and hold on to power, and on what distinguishes elites from the rest of society. |
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| He joins an elite group of attorneys nationally recognized for their leadership and professional excellence. The evolution of an elite group of catch wrestlers and their sometimes-brutal achievements is covered in a fine survey which also explores promotion, gambling, audience influence on the sport's evolution, and much more. is basically the only industrialized country that doesn't have an elite group of centralized national bureaucrats running the country's education system and forcing many elementary and secondary students on educational tracks that define the rest of their lives--France and Japan being the worst examples. |
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