11.   This spring, Tina Brown threw a lavish dinner for Martin Amis, the British writer, at her apartment and invited Harrison Ford and David Bowie.

12.   Two weeks ago, Fidel Castro held a lavish dinner for cigar lovers at a Havana nightclub.

13.   Wednesday, Johnson was feted along with other former U.S. Olympians at a lavish dinner at the Convention Center.

14.   For his work, China treated Liu to lavish dinners and sauna baths and gave him living expenses, it said.

15.   Gone are the lavish Christmas dinners.

16.   In addition to the gifts, IOC members were treated to lavish dinners, harbor tours and helicopter flights while being wooed in Sydney.

17.   Is it to cut down spending on lavish Sunday dinners or to start a family fund where each member contributes something?

18.   Jews traditionally celebrate the New Year with lavish dinners and eat apples dipped in honey, to symbolize a sweet year.

19.   Lavish dinners, a yacht excursion and a bear-hunting trip in Canada were used as inducements, federal prosecutor Mark W. Pearlstein said.

20.   One summer evening, six bankers celebrated a business deal with a lavish dinner at a pricey London restaurant.