Bivens fought tenaciously for higher women's purses, a stance some say prompted tournament sponsors to lobby high-profile players for her removal.
It's arguably one of the city's most elegant hotels too, with its domed lobby, high vaulted ceilings, and courtyards with bubbling fountains.
Inside the tiled lobby, high arched windows, miniature Greek busts, and a baby grand piano set the pace; the immaculate 135 rooms range from standard kings to bi-level lofts, and all offer free Wi-Fi.
Inside, the look is part preschool (tiger-print rugs on the stairs), part hotel lobby (high-ceilinged living room overlooking patio and pool) and part pro athlete's bachelor pad (black coffee table, white couch, giant brown velvet pillows).
condo in a prewar loft building; marble lobby, high ceilings, exposed iron columns, central air-conditioning, washer/dryer in unit, 3 exposures; common charge $649 ,taxes $8,076; listed at $1.875 million, 31 weeks on market (broker: Bellmarc Realty) MADISON SQUARE AREA $565,00055 East 22nd Street (Madison Green) 1-bedroom, 1-bath, 750-sq.-ft.
He engaged Düsseldorf attorney, and later state minister, Werner Schütz to lobby high German officials to get them to advocate Speer's release.
The building has recently undergone a $5 million capital improvement program that included new lobbies, high-speed elevators and underground parking.
University officials have been caught lobbying high-profile figures to get their vice-chancellor on the Queen's birthday honours list.
The agreement advances Qualcomm's ambitions in Asia by apparently easing tension in a techno-political drama in which the American company was relentlessly lobbying high-level Chinese officials as it tried to gain a foothold in that nation's wireless industry.
In 1989 he was convicted and heavily fined on three perjury charges arising out of his denial to a congressional hearing that he had lobbied high officials before he had allowed a long enough time to lapse since he resigned, charges he indignantly denied.
