He, of course, was already pretty familiar with all this stuff, though neither of his parents ever inhabited the same lofty circles as Marmion Algemeine.

Here Wharton returned to the world she knew best, the loftiest circle of New York society in the 1870s.

I sometimes find myself wishing for a man who knows the game well, the way it's played in lofty circles.

Since then, she has become the state's first black mayor, traveled in lofty circles and now become the recipient of a $350,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation.

At the time, Drexel was climbing into the loftiest circles of corporate finance.

In less lofty circles, pay rises do not compensate for changes in other conditions at work.

That is the unwritten rule in lofty social circles, and it also applies, apparently, in the lowly muck of Norwegian fjords.

"He was a prominent doctor who traveled in lofty circles with very prominent people," Mr. Shargel said.

Even in loftier circles, the aftereffects are still being felt.

In less lofty circles of the Government, there is some controversy about the attack on the plant in Khartoum.