But black kids also departed, and administrators surmised that they, too, were from well-heeled families.

The finance minister comes from a well-known, well-heeled family of the Ahmadzai, the largest of the Pashtun tribes.

It's very popular with well-heeled Indian families and the food is authentic and very good.

Peligoni Club (0208 740 3001; www.peligoni.com) Watersports on the north coast of Zakynthos, popular with well-heeled families in peak season.

It is about 45 minutes from Manhattan and a potential location for well-heeled family seeking a rural setting.

Margaret, from a well-heeled family of local Republicans, had never wanted for money or material possessions.

Biarritz remains the coast's largest and busiest resort, attracting a medley of trendy surfers, well-heeled French families and the odd celebrity.

Suddenly, well-heeled families started doing the same thing chief executives, athletes and music stars had been doing for decades: renting their own planes.

Both women also come from well-heeled Jewish-American families in the Northeast and were known for being unflashy and quietly supportive but strong.

The well-heeled families soon turned their attentions from business rivalry to political struggles, in which each aimed to gain control of the signoria (government).