The host or hostess of the party has gotten excited about something and decided to open his or her home to a lot of people, or maybe spend the money to rent a nice location.

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They feel like they're in a nice, isolated location, but it's not like in South Jersey where you're a half-hour from everything.

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The resort's location and nice weather make it attractive, said Ted Hadley, manager of the 300-acre resort, which features a hotel, camp sites and permanent residences.

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They are wealthy and worldly enough to know that while their present location is nice and familiar, there are a large number of countries that would welcome their presence and where they could reproduce their current business and personal lives while greatly reducing their total tax burden.

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The API is designed to play nice with Android's existing location-based API, but it's unclear if the ease of transition will be enough to convince devs to take a chance on Amazon's offering.

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The Soho Hotel in London has a great staff and bar, unbeatable location and the minibar has nice Italian wine.

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"After a frightening personal experience where I briefly lost my young son, Filip, in a mall, I realized that a communications and location device for children was not a nice-to-have but a must-have, " said Sten Kirkbak, founder and CEO of Evado Filip.

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The new site is in walking distance to almost nothing, a nice spot if you happen to be commuting from the East Bay, but otherwise a fairly isolated location in terms of services and transportation options.

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