Word: vips
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...considered himself lucky to have the opportunity to watch this classic. The 2,000 tickets available for Prince Igor ranged from just 300 seats at the cheapest price (380 renminbi, or close to $50, a considerable amount for most mainland Chinese) to 122 VIP seats (at 2,008 renminbi, or $250, each). Liu believes that most of the seats in the best section were set aside for government and Communist Party officials, who he says were among the quickest to vacate them at the intermission. "I think only 10% of the audience are true music lovers," said a man surnamed...
...considered himself lucky to have the opportunity to watch this classic. The estimated 2,000 tickets available for Prince Igor ranged from just 300 seats at the cheapest price (380 Renminbi or close to $50, a huge amount for ordinary citizens) to 122 VIP seats (at the Olympiad-alluding price of 2,008 RMB or $250). Almost all sold out in no time, apart from those set aside for government officials. "I think only 10% of the audience are true music lovers," said a man surnamed Song, who hovered around the theatre in freezing temperatures hoping to find a cheap...
...Apple with the Big Mikan (satsuma orange), as Tokyo is sometimes called. A high-ceilinged space - an anomaly compared with the usually cramped nightspots the city is known for - is tastefully divided into smaller and more intimate zones, from lounge and dining areas to an invitation-only VIP room for those can't-be-disturbed celebs...
...Armani Ristorante. A pregnant Cate Blanchett flew in from Sydney for the day, thousands of Tokyo fashionistas lined up outside the boutique to gander at the award-winning actress and the Italian designer as they pushed the button at the lighting ceremony this evening. Afterwards, Armani held a VIP dinner to inaugurate the restaurant. TIME's Kate Betts caught up with the designer in his suite at the nearby Peninsula Hotel about Japanese style, retirement, and winning market share in the most competitive luxury market...
...date 2,000 people worldwide have voluntarily had the VeriChip tag implanted into their upper right arms, among them patients with chronic or debilitating disease - as well as VIP patrons of a Barcelona nightclub and investigators requiring special access to confidential drug-trafficking case files at the Ministry of Justice in Mexico. Over the next two years, VeriChip and Alzheimer's Community Care plans to inject 110 patients with dementia or Alzheimer's with the chip as well. But VeriChip came under fire in September - shortly after the first 90 or so Alzheimer's patients received its chips in Florida...