In the past, the people with connections were gatekeepers who controlled access to the elite circle and got paid handsomely for that.

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Most disturbing is the undeniable fact that ND has remained part of that elite circle of influencers though it was mediocre on the field during the bulk of the BCS existence.

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More such dissolutions will come at firms that try to buy themselves into the elite inner circle, Henderson warned.

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This change proved more than his elite social and financial circle could accept, and they ostracized him for it.

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