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Ousted S&L; Chief Seeks Funds: Ousted CenTrust Chairman David Paul filed a plea for money to cover his living expenses, and a federal judge agreed to hold an emergency hearing today. Miami-based CenTrust was seized in February, 1990, at a loss to taxpayers of $1.7 billion. Paul, whose free-spending lifestyle became a symbol of excess in the savings and loan bailout, faces grand jury investigations but no criminal charges to date. Paul has been fighting the federal Office of Thrift Supervision since last year over an order that froze his assets and demanded $31 million in restitution for his extravagant lifestyle.