And the whole affair has left donors, supporters, aides and even true A-listers wondering just how inside the inner circle they really are.

这场盛事也使得捐赠者、支持者、助手，甚至是那些真正获邀的重要嘉宾们，都在疑问，到底怎么样才能进入这个核心圈子？

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And there are pressures to widen the inner circle.

而且还有很大的拓宽内部循环的压力。

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When reminded that the sanctions targeted him and his inner circle he pointed out that he was still in power but the country's ordinary people were suffering.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

The miniseries, which was co-produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation and Home Box Office or HBO cable network, explored relations within the former Iraqi dictator's family and inner circle.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

But I think as time went on after the Rose Revolution, I think he wanted to perpetuate this kind of system in which there was really absence of checks and balances, no real opposition included in the political process very much sort of governing by committee of the inner circle, of loyal allies around the president.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Mr Khan seems to belong to the inner circle of the ruling party and like them does not take criticism lightly.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan's politics

Hence the Democrats' cheers this week when a criminal investigation of Republican fundraising in Texas reached the inner circle of the House majority leader.

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With only two fielders outside of the inner circle, the batsman can smash the bowlers past the fielders for those boundaries and sixes in front of the wicket.

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