Mr. Valentino, as it turns out, is also an excellent host.

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He looked dapper in a dark suit and tie and proved a gracious host, speaking excellent, if not always idiomatic, English for 90 minutes in his suite at the posh Carlyle Hotel, where a lesser-known novel by Alexandre Dumas lay open on the coffee table and a stack of European films on DVD sat next to a flat-screen television.

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The communal evening meal takes place on the veranda, where charming host Josette Marchal- Vexlard serves up excellent seafood and fine conversation.

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We just had an excellent meeting at APEC in Honolulu, that I was happy to host.

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It is a recognition of the excellent work of the UK in this field that we were chosen to host the Conference.

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To guide my search I turn to the Insurance Institute for Business and Home safety, FEMA and the excellent and very pragmatic Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, as well as a host of other sources.

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