Finally succumbing to the exigencies of being penniless, A&B was taken over by WH Allen and became part of the Virgin group in 1987, although Clive was retained by the new regime for another couple of years.
The BOA is almost penniless, having signed over its crown jewels – the rights to market the Olympic rings – to Locog for about £30m in cash and in-kind benefits seven years ago.
The only reason a woman would choose a penniless hustler like Alex over Jonathan would be her perverse preference for daredevil bad boys over Prince Charming.
It was stifling in summer, freezing in winter, without gas, electricity, running water or proper insulation, and overrun by rats, but it became a haven for penniless artists from all over Europe.
The Pecan food bank in Peckham, south London, said jobcentres were failing to offer short-term cash advances to penniless claimants to tide them over until benefits were paid, instead directing them to the food bank.
The idea of inviting lenders in wealthy countries to send a $100 loan over the internet to a penniless youth in a Nairobi slum, without any local staff to enforce repayment, seemed absurd.
If you don't find a place to anchor quickly, the festival fringe will have you waking penniless on the cobbles with promotional stickers all over your face and a saltire for a blanket.
Bodham, by now penniless and gaunt, was taken in by the man's tale and handed over his great manuscript (now amounting to more than a thousand pages).
He died almost penniless in 1903 after a dispute with the government over rewards he claimed.
He said Mr. Davis had earned between $5 million and $6 million after taxes over the last decade, and was now virtually penniless.
