"Those things of value included, but are not limited to, travel, golf fees, frequent meals, entertainment, election support for candidates for government office, employment for officials and relatives of officials and campaign contributions," it said.
In addition to these leisurely activities, festivals and fairs were frequent and entertainment by traveling troupes of acrobats, dancers, dramatists and musicians was often provided.
The soft-spoken, somewhat chilly Mr. Meledandri, 51, grew up on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where his father, Roland Meledandri, operated an exclusive men's clothing store frequented by entertainment power figures like the producer Robert Evans, a young David Geffen and Robert Redford.
Improvise!, in which a movie is ad-libbed each night, opens next month, and Wallace Shawn's new play, Evening at the Talk House, about to be world-premiered at the National Theatre, is set in a bar frequented by entertainment celebrities.
I have grown accustomed to the frequent bashing the entertainment business delivers to your ego.
Then, the gunmen turned their attention to Pizza House, of Mogadishu's few modern restaurants with fast food and entertainment frequented by a young clientele.
The news has been speeding up ever since: entertainment, more frequent.
The large amounts of money in the pipeline camps and a lack of entertainment caused frequent gambling games that sometimes involved tens of thousands of dollars.
The warnings about Thailand began two weeks ago when the Danish government advised "the greatest vigilance" in places like shrines and temples and entertainment venues frequented by foreigners.
