But the poor return on capital derives not from the lack of hits, but from the knee-deep pile of failures on the cutting-room floor.

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Upon landing, a waiting bus takes them to a luxury hotel, where porters pile their bags into a ground floor meeting room or take them right to the players' rooms upon request.

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So in order to keep track of what goes where, players put a numbered cardboard counter in each room, which corresponds to a particular pile of cards.

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Large jugs, filled with garden roses, are good on tables, as is a big dish holding a generous pile of Santa Maria Novella potpourri (which I feel no room is complete without).

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