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...misconception is that every dollar a fan spends in a host city directly benefits the city. Some of the money coming into Detroit will leave it just as quickly. Take hotels, for example. The Marriott and Sheraton may be full, but a chunk of that revenue flows to corporate headquarters outside of the city. The same holds for national restaurant chains like McDonald's. And the NCAA takes about 65% of the revenues from game tickets...
...even stay in the country. More than half of the several thousand college basketball coaches who flock to the Final Four for their annual convention will be lodging across the river - and border - in Windsor, Ontario. Don't underestimate the financial clout of the coaches, who wander around the host city in their schools' sweat suits (Look, there goes Coach K from Duke! And over there, an assistant coach from Le Moyne!), angling for job gossip and drinking lots of beer. We're talking buckets of beer. And since both Detroit and Windsor have casinos, many coaches will...
...guest appearance of on The Late Show with David Letterman is notable for observation of host to that "I think of you as a goon...
Although few frequent the Dunster House Library, it is without question the finest House library on campus. Tucked away on the second floor of B entryway, it is the only House library that regularly plays host to chamber music concerts. And while most libraries have just a grand piano, it boasts of a harpsichord. Yeah, that's right. A harpsichord. Suck it, Adams. Moreover, while the most exotic literature at some House libraries hails from France, Dunster’s library has the best selection of texts on campus, claiming Chinese literature...
...with several countries seeking to share in the glory. "This is the day that the world came together to fight back against the global recession, not with words but with a plan for global recovery and for reform and with a clear timetable for its delivery," declared the summit host, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Speaking of the agreements reached on tighter regulation of financial markets and institutions, French President Nicolas Sarkozy bigged up his own role in agitating for the measures: "That our Anglo-Saxon friends accepted all of this represents immense progress," he said, adding that "while there...