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...piece of pizza, she remembers he said he needed a wife who was flexible, someone who would never be tied down to a single city because of her career. His wife would don a winning smile and fitted, colored dresses, and her charm and etiquette would grace the numerous lavish parties that he held at the embassy...
...story. Even Game Overs are rare. But the illusion of interactivity was maintained. The dialogue had prompts where you’d move the cursor and pick a reply. The consequences were small but could last the duration of the game. In FFX, you feel trapped in these endless lavish animation sequences where second-rate actors read second-rate lines. With pre-recorded dialogue, you can’t even change the characters names. (This becomes a problem with characters named “Lulu” and “Wakka.”) FFX is a slow film...
...differs from mainstream churches in other ways. Rather than buying or constructing church buildings with lavish facilities—which, leaders reason, would slow the growth of the church and detract from church projects—BCC churches rent out spaces in which they can hold services...
Where else could Rev. Platt's colleagues scare up a few bucks? Not from the government: for the first time it is now asking students to pay some of their tuition and living costs, so it can free up funds not to lavish on élite schools, but to expand student numbers across the country. This year Oxford faces an after-inflation cut of .3% in its government grant. Not from increased tuition: the government won't let Oxford charge more than other universities, though many students (and their parents) would certainly pay it. Like other colleges, Pembroke already runs...
...made headlines, he bought up $5 million worth of South American hides, enough to keep the club chairs rolling for the next eight months. Result: 97% of the company's orders arrive on time. Gold limits his business to a selection of high-volume accounts on which he can lavish personal attention. About five years ago, he deliberately reduced his slate of buyers from 72 to 48; in the subsequent year, his business increased almost 50%, and since then his work force has more than doubled. "Joe Schmoe's company can knock off our style," he boasts, "but they...