While Berlin was a divided city, lavish subsidies from Bonn kept the standard of living here artificially high and allowed the indulgence of many idiosyncracies.

America provides lavish subsidies for home ownership; Germany gives its workers generous benefits; France spends extravagantly on culture.

But I didn't have the lavish subsidy, nor the talent and time to do it myself.

The 15-nation European Union is notorious for giving lavish subsidies to its seven million farmers.

America's lavish subsidies, which give our farmers an unfair advantage in the global marketplace, fuel anti-American resentment throughout Latin America.

Traditionally, lavish subsidies for declining industries have allowed people to stay in place.

One good place to look for savings is surely in the lavish subsidies provided to the private health plans that participate in Medicare.

Equally impressive, he pushed the program through Parliament despite howls of protest from groups that had benefited from lavish subsidies.

Under them, the House received lavish subsidies and achieved great advances.

The lavish subsidies that the Government has bestowed on the Saudi citizenry are a reflection of the desire to preempt confrontation.