31.   A reputed crime boss was gunned down over the weekend in the parking lot outside an upscale hotel complex in this Far Eastern city, police announced Monday.

32.   Dallas Stars goalie Ed Belfour pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest following a March scuffle with a security guard at an upscale hotel.

33.   For the last decade or so, Hollywood studios have hosted post-Academy Award parties at upscale hotels and swank restaurants.

34.   In upscale hotels in the city center, high-priced call girls are an obvious and constant part of the decor.

35.   ITT Sheraton Corp. opened an upscale hotel in Warsaw downtown Tuesday, saying it is its biggest investment in Europe.

36.   Many upscale hotels accept only dollars, and most property owners demand that foreigners pay two or even three years of rent in dollars, up front.

37.   Many upscale hotels in Indonesia shun the battered rupiah and now only accept dollars.

38.   Only upscale hotels and residences for foreigners and high-ranking officials who need foreign news are allowed to have satellite dishes.

39.   Rodriguez Llerena confessed to placing a bomb in the lobby of an upscale Havana hotel and to bringing more explosives to Cuba for additional attacks.

40.   SORRY Dallas goalie Ed Belfour pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest following a March scuffle with a security guard at an upscale hotel.