NY Times article on the power of the elites

HERE.

My three favorite parts:

1. The occurrence of the phrase “a hated steel magnate.”

2. This line: “‘There are a lot of Fridays left,’ said Tayssir Ibrahim, a protester in Tahrir Square here.”

3. This overkill change-of-tack line by the Prime Minister, explaining why many Party favorite billionaires have suddenly been detained and their assets frozen: “We decided on eliminating all businessmen.” (That’s another of those sentences that has probably never been uttered in English before.)