Besides, if transaction fees were ended, private - equity firms would likely find other ways to collect similar sums. (crainsnewyork.com)
Disgraced Democratic powerhouse Vito Lopez kicked in about $ 2,400, along with similar sums from his accusers and the Assembly, to mediators to ease tense negotiations. (nydailynews.com)
Universities, corporations and governments spend similar sums daily on all manner of ugliness, In one corner of the world, a monastery is creating something of wondrous beauty meant to last, and worthy to last, for hundreds of years. (religion-online.org)