Little surprise then that the leader of the Pink Vigilantes is such a draw in an area that's often described as the badlands of India.

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg and National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the plan on Thursday, more than a year ahead of a game that is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to the New York area.

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This suggests that it would be sensible to draw up contingency plans for how the rest of the euro area should best respond to a threatened or actual default.

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There must be other attractions to draw in visitors, and other forms of regeneration to really improve an area, he believes.

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