Such munificence is rare in the music world, where business is unsteady for most travelling bands.

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Past officials of Salt Lake's 2002 bid committee now admit that the munificence extended toward I.

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This munificence was modest compared with the 33 billion lire it spent when celebrating its centenary in 1994.

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According to local legend, he was rewarded for his munificence by the miraculous appearance at his funeral of St.

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Yet it may not be clear for several years if these rules will be enforced with enough rigour to give Moneyball a sporting chance against munificence.

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Mr Gaydamak insists that what makes him popular is not his munificence but his ideas, namely that Israel is in great danger as a result of the botched Lebanon war.

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