11.   The company, under the Zhou family, had gone on a spending binge in recent years, and its Communist Party executives were living the high life.

12.   This use-it-or-lose-it aspect leads participants to go on spending binges at the end of every year to clean out their accounts.

13.   Dozens of boxers, including former champions, have hit the skids, their winnings eaten up by spending binges and unscrupulous promoters.

14.   Fujimori denies any pre-election spending binge occurred.

15.   So far, the spending binge has had an effect.