The “few” who made policy in ruling Sparta in ancient Greece were a group of twenty-eight men over sixty years old, joined by the two rulers. This group of thirty, called the “council of elders,” formulated proposals that were submitted to an assembly of all free adult males. What type of government best describes this?

Two gymnastics teams are intense rivals. the first team has started recruiting new gymnasts from different cities and even foreign countries in an effort to build a stronger team. after learning this, the second team begins its own recruitment campaign to find even better gymnasts. over a period of months, each team recruits dozens of players, each time trying to find a better recruit than its rival's most recent addition. which idea from the cold war is most similar to this scenario?