Word: lavished
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both men were lavish in their mutual praise. Emerging on the portico facing the Rose Garden, a beaming Reagan declared, "Our ties remain unbreakable." He said that in the short time Peres has been in office he has taken "bold and wide-ranging steps" to improve the overheated Israeli economy. Those steps include a cut of $1 billion from Israel's $23 billion budget, a ban on the import of luxury goods like cars and major appliances, and a clampdown on the amount of money Israelis may spend abroad (from $2,000 to $1,000). Replied Peres: "I found...
...left the chickens-and the sunrise-far behind. This fall, housebound students can examine issues in constitutional law under the guidance of such authorities as retired Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart and former President Gerald Ford. They can also study the workings of the human brain, thanks to a lavish $6 million series that for dramatic impact rivals anything on St. Elsewhere. Best of all, they can do it in prime time...
Unification Church officials claim that they were delighted to let Moon use the controversial account (known within the church as "Father's money") for his personal expenses, but his $600,000 estate and lavish life style have naturally raised questions about the dividing line between pension and pillage. One of the defense's frustrated arguments, characterized by Judge Goettel as the "Messiah defense", was that Moon embodied the Church and its theological stance, and was therefore perfectly entitled to disburse its assets...
...felt compelled to defend his religious beliefs. Despite evidence to the contrary, Vice President George Bush said that he could not recall supporting any type of federal funding for abortion in his primary race against Ronald Reagan four years ago. The President, meanwhile, basked in the presence and lavish praise of a Roman Catholic Cardinal in Pennsylvania...
...continues to cost at least $ 1 million a day. Two-fifths of the population is below poverty line, according to World Bank figures, and thousands live in makeshift huts in the increasingly swollen cities. Meanwhile, Hassan maintains a regal lifestyle. This week, for instance, he is host to a lavish celebration of a daughter's wedding in Fez, at one of nine sumptuous palaces...