Sentences with phrase «selling seats in the house»

So New Labour is now a charity what a lot of hot air, Blair felt he could get enough money by selling seats in the house of lords, sadly the sleaze got to much.

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Every seat in the house was sold for the 500, with an estimated total attendance of 115,000, which would be a record for a stock car race.

October 4, 1992, AP Joseph J. DioGuardi, who is seeking election to a House seat he lost amid charges of campaign finance irregularities, tried to avoid paying taxes through an investment scheme designed to lose money, according to U.S. Tax Court records... In 1978, DioGuardi was a partner in Daga Financial Co., which bought and sold options and futures on stocks and securities, according to court paperIn 1978, DioGuardi was a partner in Daga Financial Co., which bought and sold options and futures on stocks and securities, according to court paperin Daga Financial Co., which bought and sold options and futures on stocks and securities, according to court papers.

(NYT) New Picasso Discovered, Heads to Market - In one of those classic check - your - attic tales, the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science found a layered glass mosaic by Picasso (titled Seated Woman With Red Hat) in an old mislabeled shipping crate and is now hoping to sell it at Guernsey's auction house for as much as $ 40 million, which would multiply the museums endowment ninefolIn one of those classic check - your - attic tales, the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science found a layered glass mosaic by Picasso (titled Seated Woman With Red Hat) in an old mislabeled shipping crate and is now hoping to sell it at Guernsey's auction house for as much as $ 40 million, which would multiply the museums endowment ninefolin an old mislabeled shipping crate and is now hoping to sell it at Guernsey's auction house for as much as $ 40 million, which would multiply the museums endowment ninefold.

The seats left Kenwood in 1922 when the Mansfields sold off the house's furniture at auction and for many years their whereabouts were unknown.

When we bought this house we saw the potential in one room to add windows and a window seat flanked with bookcases to mimic the same thing in the house we built but had sold.