Korean food - bold, healthful, a treasure for the adventurous - has almost been reserved for Koreans, whose restaurants have made little effort to reach beyond their traditional clientele.

Only propertied szlachta could vote there from now, which deprived the magnates of much of their traditional clientele, but also violated the formal equality of nobles.

For opponents, broadening the definition of marriage is like opening an exclusive hotel to package tours, with the risk that the traditional clientele will no longer feel like checking in.

As such, it is emancipated from limitations that had prevented it from doing business with anyone but its traditional clientele - faculty members and administrators at private colleges and universities.

But the emphasis on new priorities is troubling some of its traditional clientele.

Despite efforts in recent years to broaden their appeal beyond a traditional Jewish clientele, the hotels have continued to drop off, although a handful remain strong.

Last month, with his traditional clientele away, Sir Terence Conran, the design mogul, was offering $16 fixed-menu lunches or dinners at five of his glitzy restaurants.

Much of the Communists' traditional clientele is vanishing - as smokestack industries disappear - or is deserting to other camps.

We want to keep our traditional Jewish clientele - we were sold out at Passover - and also attract the corporate market.

Other consumers - perhaps the more traditional clientele for FredriksonStallard's avant-garde vases and coffee tables - have been attracted to the brushes as wry takes on faith.