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...poor thing, she does. As long as city and state governments are willing to play the subservient wife, and pay for it, owners will take every advantage. Local politicians are obsessed with having their cities considered "major league." That means lavish tax breaks, awarding of ancillary revenue and, increasingly, funding of the team's stadium. No city would erect a skyscraper and then hand it over gratis to IBM or AT&T. But, writes Neil J. Sullivan in his book The Diamond Revolution, "elected officials across the country have fallen all over themselves to open the public purse to build...
...take cabs. The collapse of the Soviet Union has unleashed a surprising entrepreneurial streak in the more than 32,000 skilled Vietnamese laborers "stranded" there. More than 4,000 Vietnamese residents of Moscow now boast net worths of more than $100,000. Some are investing their earnings in lavish houses and businesses back home. A Vietnamese commercial center has opened in town to provide office space and services for companies dealing in everything from rice and caviar to fashions. Quips a thriving entrepreneur: "Doing business in Russia now is very easy because the Russians know nothing about capitalism...
...Sunday, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy `54-'56 sponsored a cruise around New York Harbor for the delegation. Later that day the group enjoyed a lavish dinner reception complete with a donkey-shaped ice sculpture at the Laura Belle super club...
Neil L. Rudenstine has just completed his first year as president of the University. Undergraduates' traditional attitude toward a Harvard president is awe tempered with disdain. But when Rudenstine arrived on campus last year, he quickly emerged as a cult hero. At his lavish inauguration ceremony, admiring first-years ex-pressed their approval with signs reading, "We love you, Neil...
...Some experts say a better reform would be for more states to establish public-defender offices, in rural as well as urban areas, and provide them with sufficient funds. Though the $2.2 million annual budget of the Reno office, financed by Washoe County, is far from lavish, it is still enough to afford a permanent staff of 19 attorneys, six of whom are qualified by training and substantial trial experience to handle capital cases...