After all, many are worth much more than the Hollywood and music celebrities that have come to define extravagance.
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The move comes after a diktat from central government earlier this month that aimed to curb extravagance and tackle corruption.
Rates range wildly, from affordable luxury to ultimate extravagance, depending on the fame of the course, the time of year and the amenities of the lodging.
With many Americans struggling to pay bills, find jobs and even avoid foreclosure, it may seem like an extravagance to spend hundreds of dollars on a laptop or a digital camera.
He could have brought this extravagance to just about anywhere in the world.
Ms Boxer has made her career out of high dudgeon, raging about everything from Pentagon extravagance to the proper temperature for freezing chickens.
The movie seems clean and steady, a corrective to the lushness and extravagance that, for better or worse, has come to be seen as the house style of Chinese cinema.
More than 75 percent of Chinese say that luxury expenditures are prudent purchases, while 78 percent of wealthy consumers in the U.S., U.K., and Germany find them to be an extravagance.
The worry that a resolution of 3, 840 x 2, 160 (four times that of 1, 920 x 1, 080 Full HD) is not only an extravagance, but an invisible extravagance to anyone with regular visual acuity?
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The military has issued stricter spending rules to curb waste and extravagance and calls for priority spending on preparations for battle, high-tech weaponry and training, according to Xinhua.
Critics of his extravagance tried to oust him from the board but he survived a proxy battle by a slender 50.7% margin.
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Authorities have asked the public to set off fewer fireworks in Beijing to reduce pollution, a new anti-extravagance drive has prompted government officials and state-owned companies to cancel their banquets at high-end hotels and a campaign against food waste is leading to half-portions in restaurants.
Looking ahead, middle class families see many reasons to husband resources and avoid extravagance.
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No other drink on the planet simultaneously makes a connection to welcome, festivity, extravagance, tradition and loosened inhibition.
He wrote off extravagance as detrimental to body and mind, sounding like no one so much as Mark Twain, resisting the siren call of Europe many centuries later.
It quoted a Sarft official as saying that the move was in response to repeated calls by the authorities for people to practise thrift and shun extravagance and waste.
Red carpet and flower welcoming ceremonies, banquets and gift-giving are all banned to "slam the brakes on extravagance and waste", the newspaper adds.
At a time when movie musicals have come to be synonymous with emotional and visual extravagance -- the super-mega-over-the-topness of "Chicago" or "Dreamgirls" -- Mr. Carney has dared to take everything down to its essence.
It was pure highlight-reel fodder, an extravagance so ballistic that you have to admit there's nothing City could have done to stop it.
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This extravagance was all part of a plan to outdo a nearby archrival, Printemps, whose own glass-and-ironwork-covered atrium rose six stories, and the feel of a Byzantine bazaar was intended to urge clients into a buying frenzy within a dreamlike environment.
It was during this time Coco's own style and creativity began to blossom -- partly in disgust at the unnecessary extravagance of upper-class style during the gaudy years of the late Belle Epoque in France.
Unlike the rushed tourists who had to chase down the usual suspects in between flights, I had the extravagance of time.
If America's spirit of free enterprise can be harnessed to exploring space while also relieving the burden on taxpayers of NASA's extravagance, so much the better.
For high-end labels, this means competing to create spectacular retail spaces and experiences that convey the highest luxury, style, quality and extravagance.
Unlike their peers, Labradors lack the extravagance of a long coat or the grace of a fast gait, making it trickier to catch a judge's eye.
When it comes to packing, Simmons swears by her Louis Vuitton luggage. ("I always need a bit of extravagance, " she says.) Seems toting pricey gear makes traveling less of a chore.
Mr Pickles has been at the forefront of the government's efforts to decentralise power - and has fought a series of high-profile battles with quango and council bosses over alleged extravagance with public money.
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