Word: lavishly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fixing activities in the halcyon days of the Truman Administration. Sample charge: Grunewald swore before a House Ways and Means Subcommittee in 1953 that he had never discussed tax matters with his pal, Daniel Bolich,* although Bolich, then Assistant Commissioner of Internal Revenue, shared Grunewald's lavish hospitality and his Washington hotel suite for more than a year...
...villa near the lake. While waiting for Mendès, Molotov walked alone under the chestnut trees in the garden, studying some notes. Mendès arrived, wearing sunglasses over his tired eyes and apologizing profusely for being late-he had been entertaining Chou En-lai at a long, lavish lunch. The four went into a huddle. At 5:20 p.m. the word went out: agreement reached. Mendès had accepted the 17th parallel; the Communists had agreed to a delay of two years before Vietnamese elections...
...brief debate the Tories were uneasy and reticent. To a demand for more details, Eden responded with the weary patience of a worried nursemaid to a pestering child, begging his questioners to avoid pessimism until the full texts were published. To Eden's embarrassment the most lavish praise came from the Bevanites...
Owner Bray figures that if he does not cut corners sharply, the alternative is to fold up the club. He is not impressed by bush-league owners who operate with a more lavish hand. "They're going after this thing like they were major-leaguers-chartering big buses, staying in good hotels, hiring a lot of help," says...
...such gimmicks successful? Most often not, since fancy premiums and lavish advertising come out of the dealers' 24% markup on the car, not out of the manufacturers' profit...