During the past three months, the CCJC academy has organized a closed symposium on Capitol Hill and a lavish, invitation-only gala dinner for legislative branch staff at the impressive Reagan International Trade Center, both of which were free for attendees.
Accepting small gifts, invitations to lavish events or the loan of somebody's luxury car can soon lead to bigger things, in a vicious circle of quid pro quo.
A marathon of invitation-only, lavish events sponsored by the one percent.
I just received an invitation to a lavish 40th birthday party in her honor.
He thinks this is especially true for women, who make up 70% of CTF's VIP scheme.For such super-rich Chinese, an invitation to a lavish weekend is not enough, Mr Cheng explains.
He appears as Hrundi V. Bakshi, a bungling Indian actor who accidentally receives an invitation to a lavish Hollywood dinner party.
For weeks, the hottest ticket on the Lower East Side has been a très private, VIP-only invitation to a lavish "White Trash Party" hosted in the wilds of the South Bronx by underground maven/alternative interior designer/part-time bartender Lex Talionis, whose wildly successful "Gay Martian Party" and "Bondagefest 2004" were the talk of the town among a who's who of everyone who's anyone.
BRUSSELS — At the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the hottest ticket in recent years has invariably been an invitation to Google's lavish private party, and 2011 was no exception.
She promised to forward to me an e-mail invitation for an incredibly lavish party that someone passed on to her, for her amusement, just a few days after the new bailout plan was announced.
But when they do accept an invitation, she said, the entertainment cannot be "lavish, frequent or contrary to Bank of America guidelines".
