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...have worked too well. KORUSEC is one of a number of nonprofit organizations that have been caught in the controversy that now surrounds DeLay, who's facing questions about his fund raising and ties to lobbyists. The majority leader and seven other House members accepted lavish trips to South Korea from KORUSEC that may have been improper under House rules because the organization had registered as a "foreign agent." The lawmakers say they were not aware that the group was considered a foreign agent, and the group says it may have registered by mistake and is checking...
...auspices of their “Directors in Focus” series. At 7 p.m., the Archive will show Chunhyang, a romantic epic that, like several of Im’s films, is related by a traditional pansori singer—and which with its sweeping sets and lavish costumes, recalls both the Korean theatrical and Hollywood musical traditions from which it draws. Chihwaseon, a portrait of Korea’s great artist and brush master Jang Seung-up, will be playing Saturday night at 7; Sopyonje, on Monday...
...recent months. And now the soft-opened Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi Chiang Mai hotel, tel: (66-53) 888 888, is set to give Lanna style?characterized by sloping roofs, porches and houses built high off the ground?a new impetus. Pavilions, moats and reconditioned rice barns sit alongside 66 lavish private villas and nearly 80 suites, while the nearby Dheva Spa?over which dozens of wood-carvers sweated for three years?is an astonishing reproduction of Mandalay's Royal Palace. Extensive use of golden teak throughout the hotel will delight traditionalists, if not the environmentally correct. But everyone will...
...causes. Buchanan's top aides were relaxing in a hotel bar after a long day of campaigning in New Hampshire when someone began reading aloud the first wire story on Perot's new party, and the group started plotting how to respond. Buchanan, however, joined Perot's attack on lavish congressional pensions, an issue stirring fresh voter outrage since the disclosure that disgraced Senator Bob Packwood will receive $89,000 a year for life. Referring to his rival Dole, a 35-year veteran of Congress, Buchanan quipped, "They'll probably have to increase the federal debt limit when he retires...
...with traditional Bedouin hospitality. Their promises included clean government, better services, and less pollution. Al Ammari spent $30,000 from his own pocket, mainly on campaign flyers, with his sister-in-law running his election website. Other candidates parted with hundreds of thousands of dollars, appealing to voters with lavish nightly lamb-and-rice banquets under canvas tents and ubiquitous billboards on Riyadh's modern highways. With political parties banned, the candidates broke roughly into four categories: urbane liberals like al Ammari; Islamic fundamentalists like Rashodi; Saudi tribesmen and plain opportunists - real estate developers were notable among those scrambling...