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Party officials say demand for the $150-a-seat tickets has been so brisk the party is now eyeing a larger hall. ❋ Neil King Jr. (2011)

Twenty-one members of the Bradley Manning Support Network—some donning shirts that read "Free Bradley Manning"—interrupted the president's speech at a $5,000-a-seat event at the St. Regis hotel in San Francisco. ❋ Evan Perez (2011)

The schedule also includes an $85-a-seat Civil Rights Pioneers Luncheon at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center headlined by Attorney General Eric Holder, a private reception at the Mayflower Renaissance hotel hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha, King's fraternity, as well as a black-tie Dream Gala and a Women Who Dare to Dream luncheon, both also at the convention center. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Speaking at a $4,600-a-seat fundraiser in New York for Senator Hillary Clinton, Mr Buffett, who is worth an estimated $52 billion £26 billion, said: The 400 of us here pay a lower part of our income in taxes than our receptionists do, or our cleaning ladies, for that matter.

The Foreign Office ordered two £600-a-seat charter flights to start bringing them home as the ❋ Tom Harper (2011)

Pitt is attending the $1,000-a-seat gala that will include performances by Sheryl Crow, Rihanna, Seal, the Neville family and Dr. John. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Sarah Palin has ticked the first two and on Friday will tick the third when she is the main speaker at a $US100 ($A107) - a-seat Republican dinner in Des Moines, Iowa. ❋ Unknown (2010)