He and his wife, Eliza, threw lavish dinner parties in their sumptuous apartments in Great Marlborough Street.

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Now their lavish dinner parties are pulling in the locals, as well as South American tourists looking for a slice of gourmet luxury, Brazilian style, while on holiday.

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Finally, Zhang Aihua, an industrial park management official from Taizhou in Jiangsu, is under investigation for kneeling on a dinner table and begging forgiveness from outraged residents through a loudspeaker after being caught enjoying a lavish dinner with his colleagues last Friday, The Beijing News says.

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As the de facto host to the Forbes event (the national government is also sponsoring but its leaders have been in political limbo), Keneally had two turns Tuesday before the 400 international attendees: at a lunch where she conversed on stage with Steve Forbes, and at a lavish dinner at the Sydney Opera House.

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Hence, scrap the non-compete agreements and gardening leaves, but only on the condition that they are moving far away, and promise them a sumptuous dinner and lavish drinking budget if they come back to visit their old friends at your firm.

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There were servants to address one's every material need, dinner in white tie and lavish gowns, and rules designed to keep the upper crust on top and the lower classes in their place.

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At the same dinner party, Wilson complained to Swann that the BBC was "needlessly lavish", citing the large number of tickets taken by the corporation for Labour's annual conference.

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