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Despite Ozal's reputation abroad, the voters were offended by his high- handed ways, his expensive taste and his lavish patronage to family and friends. Ozal was also blamed for an inflation rate now estimated at 70% a year. Prices were pushed even higher a few months ago after Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, 43, handed out generous wage increases to public employees in the hope of winning their votes...
...produce a civilization sans pareil. It is a culture abrim with connoisseurs of the good life and nature's bounty. Charles de Gaulle, father of the Fifth Republic, used to cite France's prodigious number of cheeses -- 265 by his reckoning -- as an example of the land's lavish variety. Some benighted souls across the Channel may still believe God is an Englishman, but the French have never doubted that heaven is their home...
...million account, the company considered virtually every major agency in the phone book -- 100 of them -- for the job. Once Avis chose six finalists, the agencies poured their energy into the project. Researchers made studies of consumer driving trends. Copywriters crafted catchy new slogans. Creative teams worked up lavish demonstrations of their talent with music, art, sample ads and commercials. Last week Avis announced that after examining the industry's best efforts, it had chosen the work of New York City's Backer Spielvogel Bates -- the very agency it had been thinking of dumping. Why go to all the trouble...
...watchdog group called the National Taxpayers Union. Much the same could be said of presidential pensions. This year, for instance, former President Gerald Ford will receive $20,000 more in his golf-oriented retirement than George Bush will draw as leader of the free world. Some examples of lavish retirement benefits...
...Regency, his half- interest in the Hyatt and his 27% interest in the Alexander's store chain, he will retain the Manhattan trophies he values most: the Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue's Trump Tower and a valuable tract of undeveloped Hudson River waterfront. He'll also keep his lavish Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., which features a 118-room mansion and a nine-hole golf course...