Hertz has a pair of charging stations at Connect offices in Manhattan, and is partnering with Starwood Hotels, which is installing stations at the snazzy new Element Times Square hotel, and soon at other Starwood Aloft, Element and Four Points by Sheraton hotels.

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Twenty feet wide, it is the building's organizing element and circulation spine, connecting the first four floors and continuing upward with bridges across the space and a narrower stair above as it ascends to the structure's full nine-story height.

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The element of relative scarcity in the economy over the last four years has given rise to much more intense competition.

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Member hotels include W, Sheraton, Westin, Four Points, St Regis, the Luxury Collection, Le Meridien, Aloft and Element.

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Bodies with some element of public ownership, such as Royal Mail, the Met Office and Channel Four, could see fewer and smaller payments as a result.

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Those defeats created an element of disillusionment, resulting in Docherty being inactive for three lengthy spells over the next four years.

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