Staffed by locals and Turks alike, the schools are patronised by the offspring of elites lured by Western standards of education (if not mandatory Turkish-language classes).
They know the game, but it doesn’t change the fact that no one likes being patronised.
Many countries passed laws forbidding the transmutation of metals, even as their Kings secretly patronised alchemy hoping to gain an advantage over other monarchs.
The need for a patronised inner coterie: Iraq taught us that magnitude of destruction has to be immense.
Later, he tried a ten-cent barber shop, and, finding that the shave was satisfactory, patronised regularly.
He is a failed actor who is everywhere patronised as a colonial, especially by the toffee-nosed English theatrical types for whom he still hopefully auditions.
Some of the classes were helpful - sociable, too. But it was hard not to feel patronised.
The Gemini partner may be childlike at times, but she hates being patronised or controlled.
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