Harrell's parties were initially geared toward the upper class, but his clientele is changing.
Austen's stories are those of the middle class, the gentry, and not the upper class, the aristocracy.
Opponents will argue that the wealth of the upper class should have no effect on the lower classes.
George MacDonald Fraser, in the Flashman books, parodied this love of the upper class, well mannered, death defying hero.
Only a handful of Indian politicians - mostly the upper class and English-speaking - use social media to communicate.
It is tempting to say that Anthony Powell despised the upper class.
Favoring the middle class or the upper class is an ideal battle line for the Democrats, since the middle class holds more voting levers.
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"In most of the countries the numbers are reaching levels where they have exhausted the upper class and largely exhausted the middle class, " he says.
Similarly, the middle class these days are having a hard time doing the savings that might elevate them from their class into the upper class.
Widmerpool is always on the make, always pretending to be sympathetic to the latest political fad, the antithesis to the hopeless, if charming, losers of the upper class.
His failure badly undermined the credibility of the upper class that was dominating not just politics in Britain, but many other aspects of public life as well, including the media.
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The upper class might go along with this, because it is easier to pay higher taxes than to become involved in the lives of fellow citizens whom the rich no longer understand.
In China, the brand has positioned itself as a destination for the upper middle class, where the consumers can get a high quality coffee experience.
Came to the bookstore and read to the avid interest of the black people assembled there about his chronicle of the upper middle class black people he wanted the world to know about.
The wealthy and the upper middle class are mostly there, but the middle middles and the low middles are mostly gone.
It would produce a huge toll gate on entry into the upper middle class.
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Those most supportive of the PM are older generations belonging to the upper middle class.
So now it ensnares an increasing number of people, mainly the upper middle class.
It's not just Democrats who are ready to soak the upper middle class.
Drinking and eating out at Starbucks is considered cool and caters to the aspirational desires of the upper middle class in China.
Most are hoovered up by the wealthy and the upper middle class.
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"It's not a matter of choice between Facebook and MySpace, it was a movement to Facebook from MySpace, " she said, a movement that largely included the educated and the upper-class.
With stock market losses since January a modest 4.5%, despite some hair-raising days, much of the upper middle class and those who have even more money in investments still have money to spend.
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And it is precisely the poor of India who continue to see their horizons receding, while the upper middle class and wealthy of India (about 100 million out of 1.1 billion) continue to see their asset classes and portfolios grow.
Mr Bush wants to preserve his broad tax cuts, while the Democrats want to raise taxes on the rich while offering relief for the upper-middle class by adjusting the alternative minimum tax.
How was it that the little upper-class girls brought up in the Cotswolds with dogs and ponies and educated by a string of governesses moved into the limelight of the political extremes of the 1930s?
The wealthy upper middle class and rich have avoided paying taxes for years, they have created the weakest economy ever.
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It was during this time Coco's own style and creativity began to blossom -- partly in disgust at the unnecessary extravagance of upper-class style during the gaudy years of the late Belle Epoque in France.
And here's another curiosity - Boris Johnson may play the bumbling, upper class toff to perfection and yet many people clearly love him for it.
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