And Alexis Juneja, co-founder of Curbed, cleverly compared rainmaking to dating, even instructing conference-goers to buy dinner and celebrate anniversaries.
The only reporters I buy dinner or drinks for are the ones who I have friendships with and we both understand there will be a return engagement where they will pick up the tab.
If you buy dinner from a three-star Michelin restaurant you can be confident of getting a good meal, but today if you buy a bond from an AAA-rated borrower you can be rather less sure of getting your money back.
You have cards to send, a tree to find, presents to buy and dinner to cook.
It's cheaper to buy an oven dinner than the separate ingredients, it's not a good diet, but people think at least they have food.
As for me, I was in my room all the time, and if I went out it was either to the post office or to buy something for dinner.
Fresh fish from the spring floods of the Indus had just come onto the market, and he kept remembering that he had wanted to buy some for dinner, perhaps the next night.
For example, I know nothing about wine, so when I buy wine for a dinner party I determine the value solely on price.
Make a mental note here to buy some for your Thanksgiving dinner.
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Mr Benson said he spotted Lembit when he went to buy a crab for his dinner and the fishermen showed him the mammoth crustacean they said was destined to be sold to Spain.
For example: You must give away at least 5% of average net assets each year, and you must not engage in self-dealing--such as using foundation money to buy a table at a benefit dinner, or billing the foundation 20% of your secretary's salary because he spends 20% of his time doing foundation-related work.
Go to the store and buy an Italian Barbera and have it with dinner this weekend.
Stuckey, Mr. Connor told Mr. Stuckey about the home over dinner at the White House and he decided then to buy it.
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This is a bit like saying that in order to have dinner for the family in two weeks, you must buy your bird today.
Buy yourself a new outfit, go to the spa and treat yourself to dinner.
Where dinner jackets, or DJs, are concerned, ignore the dictates and simply buy what suits you.
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