And if host governments want us to stay, they must pay for it, and mightily.

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But if you're visiting someone after 18:00, you stay with your host rather than venture back out - a sense of caution is hanging over Damascus.

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Their party is also assigned a personal casino host for as long as they stay.

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He is a regular Couchsurfing host, allowing random strangers to stay in his apartment on a regular basis for free.

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If vessels want to catch the tuna in the PNA's rich waters, they must agree to host an independent monitor onboard and stay out of designated high seas pockets that extend for 1.7 million square miles.

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There was no weak link among the four host properties, though you do not have to stay at any of them.

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Off the cost of the stay, Airbnb takes 3% from the host and 6-12% from the renter.

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The Fresh Air Fund sends poor New York City children to stay for free at camps or with volunteer host families in suburbs or small towns.

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As a neutral country during World War II, Portugal played host to spies, deposed royalty, black marketers and many others who came to stay at the hotel and play in the casino on the Estoril Coast outside Lisbon.

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