elite

Simons was part of an elite unit at the Institute for Defense Analyses, using mathematical models to find patterns in encrypted Soviet communications.

To no surprise, the nation’s top investment-banking and consulting firms descend on elite schools to find the brightest minds—a pilgrimage that explains why Wall Street is packed with Ivy League alumni.

Down this road lies an obvious risk for the left: Bill Clinton and friends, who were the real power elite Epstein sought to cultivate in his criminal heyday.

Mr. Wright keeps tossing in would-be funny denunciations of the moneyed elites that are about as spicy as a bowl of sour cream.

Together, these episodes expose how far the BBC will go to feed the emotional prejudices of elite Britain, and how hard it will strive to ignore the British voters who fund most of its budget.