11.   Money is lavished on conferences that produce little but talk.

12.   While investors have put less cash into stock funds as a whole, they have lavished money on a few types of funds.

13.   Workers were treated with care, and money was lavished on research.

14.   In its report, the consumer group Public Citizen said casinos lavished money on both political parties last year.

15.   Many of the candidates have lavished money on new mosques and held court with Jewish leaders.

16.   Then, the Soviet Union lavished money on numerous scientific institutes, much of whose work focused on trying to compete with the West in military technology.