1.   In the Ormansag there is now a small wealthy elite, but everybody else is poor.

2.   But members of the wealthy Jewish elite were snubbed there, so they made Sharon Springs a high-end refuge of their own.

3.   But the wealthy elites and military rulers still seem largely insulated from this pressure.

4.   But, some wonder, can a wealthy elite really guide a popular movement?

5.   Frank argues that market populism, which decries elitism, has transformed CEOs into a new class of wealthy elites.

6.   The economy and political system remain dominated by a wealthy protective elite tracing its roots to the cadre of colonial-era planters.

7.   The most powerful ethnic group, the Baganda -- the wealthy educated urban elite -- are pushing for a federal state with more power for their titular king.

8.   The same qualities that endeared Aristide to the poor earned the hatred of the army and conservative members of the wealthy elite.

9.   The wealthy Arab elite adopted modern tastes, while the masses saw their traditional way of life eroded.

10.   They stand in sharp contrast to the authoritarian governments that rule most states in the Islamic world, where small wealthy elites monopolize the political process.