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...obliged to withdraw its offer to the Democrats.) With spouses and party hangers-on, the Democratic delegation often swells to considerably more than 100. Deficit-ridden New Orleans had to ask the Democrats to delay their visit because it could not scrape together the funds to provide the necessary lavish entertainment for the Democratic horde. "Twenty Republicans came down and got their work done," groused a New Orleans official. "The Democrats want to send down 120 people and party for three days...
...huge and unexpected triumph of A Room with a View has brought in lavish Hollywood offers but has failed to alter Merchant's pinchpenny philosophy. Made for a mere $3 million -- one-fourth the cost of the average Hollywood movie -- it is expected to gross $50 million and is a strong contender for Oscar nominations. Maurice, which is also an adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, will cost even less, $2.5 million, and feature two relatively unknown actors, James Wilby as Maurice and Hugh Grant as Clive, his first romance. "Ismail has tremendous charm and substitutes it for the lack...
...give an update on what the situation was in Central America," said Adam Goodman, political director of the Baltimore-based Robert Goodman agency, which produced most of Channell's TV ads. Goodman said North did not engage in fund raising or political posturing at the events, which included lavish dinners at Washington's exclusive Hay-Adams Hotel...
...They're wild! They kept coming up all the time. They have lavish parties. They really know how to blow off steam." Among the achievements cited in the article as an example of party mentality was a prank in which MIT students used chemicals to weld shut the gates of Harvard Yard...
...trips to Vail, Colo., and gambling junkets to Las Vegas. They played polo together and lived in luxury condominiums in fashionable West Los Angeles. The Billionaire Boys Club was a group of about 30 rich kids who were out to have fun and get richer, but authorities say their lavish life-style and freewheeling investment philosophy soon led some members to swindles and violence. In Santa Monica last week, the B.B.C.'s compelling but manipulative founder, Joe Hunt, watched as jury selection began for his trial on murder charges, which could put him on death...