Among such lavish brands, iPad cases are often called clutches, and the term "skins" inevitably refers to something more exotic than thin protective vinyl.
But critics say that community development, over time, got lost in a push toward institutional sustainability — and in some cases lavish salaries for leaders.
While Hansen's title quotes from some of the lurid copy that newspapers lavished on the case, his prose shuns both melodrama (except for one instance when "Ruth shied from the sultry pleasure" of her lover's gaze) and the clipped, tough-guy tone that Cain used so deftly in his 1936 novella, "Double Indemnity".
What explains the extraordinary degree of public attention already lavished upon his case is the heightened concern for security unloosed by the Ames case and fanned into open flame by a yearlong public battle over charges that spies for China have managed to spirit away a virtual library of classified designs for American nuclear weapons and missiles.
Eyeshadow Quad in Golden Mink £62, Tom Ford, houseoffraser.co.uk Encased in a sleek brown case with lavish gold trim, this admittedly decadent palette features four complementing copper and brown shades, all with finishes ranging from sparkling and shimmery to sheer and matte.
"The trick with Whole Foods is that they're constantly congratulating you for shopping there," he said, "through signage, lavish presentations, the meat cases and the fresh foods".
Russian authorities are lavishing attention on cases involving these so-called traumatic weapons — handguns that fire rubber bullets at high velocities, known in other parts of the world as "less-lethal" or "compliance weapons" and often used in riot control.
The company should also be ashamed that shareholders had to learn the particulars of Mr. Welch's lavish deal from a divorce case.
Even those that no longer write checks, like Time Warner, throw lavish parties and, in the case of General Motors, provide limousines and other "in-kind" services.
In the case of the lavish and rather pointless stage version of "The Wizard of Oz," directed by Jeremy Sams at the London Palladium, this show wouldn't even exist were it not for the latest in the ever-thickening synergy between the West End and reality TV.
