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Word: respent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Small wonder. Those billions that conventioneers sprinkle behind them are high-velocity dollars. The money remains the same, as Gertrude Stein put it, but the pockets change. Faster than you can say otorhinolaryngologist. According to some estimates, a dollar spent at a convention is respent locally five times over the subsequent two weeks. Better yet, convention spending is pure gravy for the host city. "Conventions don't pollute or put any burden on municipal services," says Frank Sain, president of the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau. Adds Hartford, Conn.'s Convention and Visitors Bureau Chairman David Heinl: "A convention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Convening of America | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

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