He sought to make this bar a "more elegant atmosphere" and geared it more to affluent and upscale male patrons.

To accomplish this, she must secure loans from some of the affluent patrons who frequent her bar, but is unwilling to lead them on for the sake of money.

In addition to works produced by Berlin's artists and collected by the city's affluent patrons, the exhibition includes paintings by Boccioni, Munch, Kandinsky and other European artists.

Before the handsome new tennis center is turned over to the professional players and the affluent patrons, the children got to scuff their tennis shoes on the new courts.

In modern Mauritania, professional musicians are paid by anybody to perform; affluent patrons sometimes record the entertainment, rather than the musicians themselves, and are then considered to own the recording.

The transvestites do not bother the affluent patrons of restaurants like Barbetta's, Carolina, La Vielle Auberge.

The book, limited to 450 copies, provided Klimt the opportunity to show these more lurid depictions of women and avoided censorship thanks to an audience composed of a minute group of (mostly male) affluent patrons.

The big bettors and affluent patrons are missing: Hialeah has closed its $50-minimum betting windows at this meeting and has stopped selling reserved seats.

Especially in Manhattan, where social events compete with shopping for affluent patrons' attention, retailers are compelled to impress their public with a dollop of high culture.

But in recent years it has also become an aggressive and, despite a reputation for fierce budgetary control, affluent patron of post-modern architecture.