1.   Nor are the problems confined to the rarefied atmosphere of corporate boardrooms.

2.   Upward-moving atmospheric waves could greatly heat a rarefied atmosphere.

3.   And though he concedes he may never approach the rarefied atmosphere occupied by his idol, Jimi Hendrix, he says he now understands that is not the point.

4.   A longtime friend of Lewinsky, Ms. Erbland also grew up in the rarefied atmosphere of Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive.

5.   But the basic obstacle comes down to persuading a majority of academics in this rarefied intellectual atmosphere that there is nothing unwholesome about a business education.

6.   Feted for weeks and set up with his family in a lavish Beijing apartment, Qian soon entered the rarefied atmosphere of the party elite.

7.   In this rarefied atmosphere, the alternative sportswear at Speedo and the looming Niketown down the street seemed a world away.

8.   In this rarefied atmosphere, Wadsworth met Alice Tully, a singer of modest talent who loved chamber repertory.

9.   No other Cabinet secretary so conspicuously carries the mantle of American power in the rarefied atmosphere of global interrelationships.

10.   Still, for a former wing back-corner from Central Connecticut State, it is a rather rarefied atmosphere.