31.   In such small, but also in much more significant ways, the Taliban ruling elite, their guerrillas and their Arab and Pakistani warriors are surviving.

32.   Khatami, for all his populist style and yearnings, remains a loyal member of the ruling religious elite.

33.   More than a few victims seem to have lost much of their respect for the ruling elite.

34.   Sadr was highly respected among Shiites, who have virtually been excluded from a ruling Iraqi elite that is made up almost entirely of the minority Sunni Muslims.

35.   She became a witness to the underbelly of a ruling political elite that was degenerating into a criminal clique before its final defeat at the polls.

36.   Simple on the outside and elaborate within, yalis were the summer villas of the ruling elite.

37.   That party could split the ruling elite and appeal to army and police officers unhappy with the Kosovo adventure, the politicians say.

38.   The Asia miracle is vaporizing because economic policy has been geared to reward the ruling elite while shortchanging the masses.

39.   The affluent ruling elite could no longer afford to live like kings while avoiding payment of taxes, he said.

40.   The Soviet ruling elites as usual, received the largest and most comfortable quarters.