What grated most with Tunisia's small elite was the upstart first family's habit of elbowing out competitors and flaunting of power.
Two-time Heineken champions Munster, who failed to qualify for the knock-out stages of the elite tournament for the first time in 13 years, have an away tie in Brive.
Promoted to the elite group for the first time are Leicester prop Dan Cole and scrum-half Ben Youngs, who have already established their Test credentials, Gloucester prop Paul Doran-Jones, and the uncapped Wasps centre Dominic Waldouck and Leeds flanker Hendrie Fourie.
There was a sense of occasion as Tottenham ended a wait dating back to the era of their famous manager Bill Nicholson by playing a home match in the proper stages of Europe's elite competition for the first time since April 1962.
The other semifinal sees Nadal take on Croatian 20th seed Ivan Ljubicic as the Spaniard seeks to win his second title at the outdoor hardcourt event, the first of nine elite Masters tournaments this season.
Precheck members usually get to use security lines set up for first-class and elite-level frequent fliers.
Injuries have paved the way for the 20-year-old Lawes to be promoted to England's elite player squad after just 32 first-team games for the Saints.
De Villota is only the sixth woman to be involved in the elite division of motorsport, the first being Italy's Maria Teresa de Filippis -- who raced in three grands prix for Maserati in 1958.
Fred Marafono was one of the first Fijians to join the elite regiment, fighting in places such as Borneo and the Falklands during 21 years' service.
First, why would an elite group of overworked analysts bother to attend a meeting at which a reasonable person would not learn anything he was likely to want to know?
The reader can almost hear the parachute canopies cracking open as Operation Castor begins on November 20th 1953, when the airborne elite of the French colonial army was first parachuted into the valley of Dien Bien Phu.
First, the norms around elite educational access are changing, and some of the Ivy walls are coming down with regard to sharing access to elite institutions and academics. iTunesU allowed users to gain access to video and audio coursework years ago, and this trend has been perpetuated by the Khan Academy, and other networks that create and aggregate content.
That's a tall task, since the Knicks' likeliest first-round opponents are the elite Miami Heat or Chicago Bulls.
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The first-placed runner in the elite women's event was Priscah Jeptoo of Kenya.
Yet its rapid uptake since 1994, when access to the Internet first spread beyond China's elite academic and scientific circles, suggests demand will be huge.
Vilane has been a member of the "Seven Summits" club since 2008 after reaching the top of the highest mountains on seven continents, becoming the first black African to join the elite club.
The most influential songwriter of his time has become the first rock star voted into the elite, century-old American Academy of Arts and Letters, where artists range from Philip Roth to Jasper Johns and categories include music, literature and visual arts.
Two-time World Superbike champion Toseland, 28, said the crew switch was sparked by his difficult first season in bike racing's elite class.
His first order was to send a group of elite navy troops to rescue Mr Chavez, who was being held prisoner by renegade forces at a base on a Caribbean island.
First, many seats on flights are reserved for elite-level frequent fliers or full-fare business travelers.
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Joining 12 other women now in an elite men's club, the star power of a first lady, the women say, will help their causes.
Arsenal had dominated the opening exchanges, but it made for a frustrating first half stalemate as two members of the Premiership elite were reduced to sparring.
Collins is the second Krzyzewski assistant in five years to earn his first head coaching job at a private, academically elite school in a major conference: Johnny Dawkins left the Duke staff to take the top job at Stanford in 2008.
Then, in 1994, he made history, he joined the elite of the Pope's closest advisers, Glasgow's first ever cardinal and only the third Scottish cardinal since the Reformation.
This publication is scarcely more lucrative than the first but gives him a certain visibility among the social elite in the financial capital, where he now lives and works.
Norwich is only the 6th city in the world to become a City of Literature, and the first in England, making the city part of an elite international network.
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The Panthers are a point clear at the top of the Elite League, with Saturday's win at Sheffield marking their first league success in the Steel City since Boxing Day 2005.
That point guard is Deron Williams, who wasn't great in the first half of the season but has returned to an elite level since getting treatment on his ankles around the All-Star break.
Jorge Zorkic, deputy director of Beta News Agency, one of half a dozen agencies in Belgrade offering online news, said that for the first time, many of the country's educated elite had access to locally generated and uncensored news and political analysis.
The New York veteran who started the nation's first Veteran of Foreign Wars post for women welcomes them in elite forces.
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