Before she got married, her poetry was already well known within elite circles.

He moved in the elite circles of Tokyo, and became involved in business.

There are too many secret police here; someone in that elite circle could be recognized.

For the first time since 1977, major league owners are preparing to make room in their elite circle.

The debate has also provided a rare opportunity, he said, for contemporary art to be discussed outside of elite circles.

Many worked in the elite circles arriving as provincial governors.

After a largely informal process within elite circles in which ideas were discussed and developed, steps might be taken to institute more formal policy development.

Individuals must be sponsored by one or more members already in the elite circle in order to gain access.

He had carved his own path, an unprecedented course that allowed him to move in the elite circles of human leadership.

You'll be moving in the same elite circles we think the mole moves in.

As the Governor's chief legal adviser, Mr. Davis, 43 years old, is part of an elite political circle whose members are barely known outside the Capitol.

The three children were raised within the small but elite circle of Protestant high society.

West Pakistan's political system had consisted popular influential Left-wing sphere against elite Right-wing circles.

"We're not in those elite circles in corporate America where the decisions are made."

By 1988, Ms. Hsia - who is now 45 and became a United States citizen in July 1986 - had entered the most elite circles of the Democratic Party.

This four-year binge, during which he has slugged 206 home runs, catapulted Bonds to one of the most elite circles in baseball last night.

Mr. Mirrlees is little known outside elite academic circles.

It is unclear what kinds of discussions took place within elite political circles that ultimately led to his release.

Following the success of Invisible Man, Ellison became one of the most respected writers in the country, and became prominent in many elite circles.

She gains acceptance in an elite artistic circle perhaps inspired by the 1920s Greenwich Village avant-garde.