Word: lavishes
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Jerry Falwell, the Lynchburg, Va., Baptist Fundamentalist who assumed the post of PTL chairman in mid-March, last week reviewed the lavish compensation ( that has been made in the past to Bakker and his fellow PTL officials. Falwell's reaction: "outrageous" and "indefensible." Among the disbursements were $350,000 in 1986 and $270,000 in the first quarter of 1987 to Richard Dortch, 55, the new president of PTL and Bakker's former chief aide; $360,000 last year and $250,000 as of March to David Taggart, 29, another Bakker aide; $160,000 in 1986 and $50,000 this...
Life has been tough at General Motors. The No. 1 U.S. automaker has shut plants, laid off thousands of workers and otherwise struggled to regain an < eroding market share. Now, with labor contract talks coming soon, GM is taking a new step on the road to austerity: lavish annual cash bonuses for executives will be replaced by stock options tied to GM's financial performance...
...invited the people he liked to these lavish parties in his apartment, parties that were way above the typical academic standards," says Richard Macris, a former student. "There was lots of good champagne and it was decorated with the original works of art and Navajo rugs he collected. It was a very elegant place...
...palatable. Much the same can be said for the rich black- bean-and-garlic sauce that envelops chewy webs of duck feet, and the winy marinade that adds piquancy to cool, translucent slivers of jellyfish that may be nested on pungent pickled vegetables, all usually included in the more lavish cold-appetizer arrangements for banquets...
...daily viewer of religious TV, contributes upwards of $10,000 a year to televangelists. He is irritated by all the criticism of the Bakkers. "These people have done a lot of good in their lives," he says. I. Delbert Rose, an Idaho freight salesman, is not bothered by the lavish life-style that the Robertses and the Bakkers are said to enjoy. To him, "their rewards should be great, because they've done great things for the Lord...