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Those belonging to this set are the lucky few who frequent the city’s more expensive restaurants and casinos, and retire at the weekends to their restored wooden mansions (yalı) along the Bosphorus.
At the other end of the social spectrum are the wealthy Istanbullus, who live in the upmarket districts of Taksim, Harbiye, and Ni«anta«ı, where the streets are lined with fashion boutiques, expensive apartments, and stylish cafés.
Other European atmospherics: lobster bisque for sale from sidewalk vendors; excellent public transportation; monumental traffic jams of expensive cars crowding small streets; bare breasts common in advertisements and at beaches, miniskirts being considered acceptable attire for professional women (when, oh when will these enlightened attitudes reach the United States?)
The Wall Street Journal fronts a story on the thriving U.S. drug industry and why drugs are ever more expensive.
When producing a movie, it eschews expensive stars.