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Pay too high, Dolly Parton was paid $350,000 a week by the Riviera in Las Vegas last year but few hotels can afford that kind of money these days
Pay too high, Dolly Parton was paid $350,000 a week by the Riviera in Las Vegas last year but few hotels can afford that kind of money these days

Pay too high, Dolly Parton was paid $350,000 a week by the Riviera in Las Vegas last year but few hotels can afford that kind of money these days

Date8/25/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pay too high, Dolly Parton was paid $350,000 a week by the Riviera in Las Vegas last year but few hotels can afford that kind of money these days.
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