By 1992, Aum Shinrikyo had a net worth of more than $1 billion raised from charging exorbitant fees from its roughly 20,000 members in several countries, including the US, Australia and Russia.
What breaks Coshelle's heart even more is that not even Dionte – a quiet, smart, well-dressed kid whose mom made sure he went to school and church – could escape the same plight of so many black men in America who face such exorbitant violence from police and from their communities.
Thus the Vita accuses Zaoutzes of being responsible for the sacking of the successful general Nikephoros Phokas the Elder from the army, as well as for the outbreak of hostilities with Bulgaria in 893: allegedly, two of his protégés moved the main market for Bulgarian goods from Constantinople to Thessalonica and then proceeded to extract exorbitant fees from the Bulgarian merchants.
In the last twenty years, that violence has been fuelled by exorbitant profits from the drug trade.
They amended those findings by striking "exorbitant rates" from the list of problems the Legislature is officially concerned about.
The face exorbitant deductions from the money that they are paid for rent, food, or other expenses.
For his part, Mr. Ensign has complained that Mr. Hampton tried to extract exorbitant sums from him.
Average ticket prices for concerts keep rising, and many fans are priced out or forced to buy at exorbitant markups from brokers and other resellers.
But you weren't wilting in heat, forced to buy bottled water or ice cream at exorbitant rates from nearby stands.
America's oil companies are already receiving a roasting for their "exorbitant" profits from populist politicians, with Republicans and Democrats competing to come up with idiotic ideas, including a windfall-profit tax.
