Word: chauffeur-driven
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...outcome at Baguio City. Karpov, if he is victorious, would have to turn perhaps half his $350,000 winner's share of prize money over to the Soviet government. But that should not hurt too much, given the amenities made available to him, which include a chauffeur-driven Mercedes. For Korchnoi, who lives modestly in Wohlen, Switzerland, and earns some $3,000 a month from exhibitions and tournaments, the money would come in handy, especially should he lose a $100,000 breach of contract suit being brought against him by his ex-manager...
...gave up a $500,000 annual income as an influential Washington lawyer ?an insider among insiders?to plead the cause of the poor and downtrodden in Washington's most frustrating Cabinet post, at a salary of $66,000. Yet he enjoys his official chauffeur-driven car, insists on flying cross-country first class, lives in a $182,000 house. And when he watches the Washington Redskins, he sits in the box beside Owner Edward Bennett Williams...
...gave the Senate everything I have." A classic workaholic, Byrd rises at 6:30 every morning, then usually travels by chauffeur-driven limousine ? one of his perks of leadership ? from his modest suburban house in McLean, Va., to his office, where he is in business by 7:45. He then begins a breathless round of staff discussions, committee meetings, and appointments. The majority leader always eats lunch in his office, usually a bologna sandwich prepared by his wife Erma. Says he: "It saves time...
...students from Bogan High School gather in the ballroom of the towering Sheraton-Oak Brook Hotel. Looking on genially, Principal William Scheid says, "This is the night they pull out all the stops." Senior Donald McNeff does just that as he arrives with his date in a chauffeur-driven limousine. He is wearing a white tux and top hat, and he is carrying a cane. Delighted by creating a momentary sensation, he explains: "I wanted to have some fun for once. Everywhere we stopped, people freaked out." McNeff has arranged to keep the limousine, at a cost...
...company. "You start dropping in 10,000-rupiah [$24] notes until he says that's enough and closes the drawer." Suharto, to his credit, has regularly denounced komersial-isasi jabátan (abuse of office). But the sight of generals and poorly paid bureaucrats riding about Jakarta in chauffeur-driven Mercedes limousines indicates that the warnings are not heeded...