An amphitheater had earlier stood on the site, along with a royal lounge where Herod and his guests enjoyed private shows.
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The deal to take Dell private shows what is possible in the leveraged-buyout market but doesn't necessarily portend a return of the megadeals popular before the financial crisis.
The free private event allows children who might not ordinarily get a chance to enjoy SeaWorld access to VIP private shows, a special Shamu spectacular, live animal meet and greets, dinner, visits from Santa, and gifts.
Yet even this grab for attention is stolen from private sector shows such as Dora.
For example, experience with public-private partnerships shows that cost-benefit estimates can sometimes prove wildly optimistic.
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As for the new background checks, it could reduce some of the popularity of private gun shows.
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Three years ago, a San Francisco television station outlined how people were betting at private boxing shows featuring fighters as young as 8 years old.
The Economist's poll of private forecasters shows the average prediction is for growth next year of 0.6%, down from 2.6% in September (before the terrorist attacks).
Current law already requires background checks by federally licensed dealers selling at gun shows, but not on private sales at those shows.
The data shows private school entries for the subject fell from 92% to 87% between 2011 and 2012.
Friday's report shows that private sector payrolls increased by 172, 000 in July.
But a quick review of transport statistics shows that private planes do not use the airports at which the greatest delays are suffered.
Federally licensed gun shops must use the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS. Private sellers and gun shows have no background check requirement.
The Manchin-Toomey plan would have expanded background checks to include private sales at gun shows and all Internet sales, while continuing to exempt most sales between family members and friends.
For example, where it is well-known that the majority of public acquisitions destroy value, research by professor Laurence Capron from INSEAD shows that private deals, on average, do create value.
Bitter experience shows that private rail investment is risky, but if high-speed schemes require public funding, they are likely to find the Treasury's response more than usually terse given today's straitened public finances.
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Reid told ABC on Sunday that he backed expanding background checks to private gun sales at shows and other steps, but he refused to endorse a ban on what are called assault-style rifles modeled after military weapons.
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Those buying guns from licensed stores and vendors are required to face a background check, but some purchasers buying guns from private sales at firearms shows and online do not need to do so, an exception often referred to as the gun-show loop-hole.
Those challenges were evident in 2007, when a gunman at Virginia Tech shot and killed 32, and Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine called for closing a loophole in the law allowing for private sales at gun shows without the same background check that licensed dealers are required to obtain.
Even allowing for this, the latest academic research shows that a private education is better.
The government's current push, as the Jarvis contract shows, is private provision of services to school managements.
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As part of his agreement with the city of Venice, Pinault will alternate shows from his private collection with other works.
The Private Company Report by Sageworks, a monthly update on the health of private companies in America, shows that several categories of construction posted mid-teen percentage sales increases in the 12 months ended March 2013.
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The latest consumer confidence reading from the Conference Board, a private economic research group, shows that 42% of consumers see jobs as "hard to get, " while less than 13% believe their incomes will increase this year.
The most recent Private Company Report from Sageworks shows privately held companies have seen their sales grow by an average annual rate of 9.7 percent over last year, based on financial statements from the six months ended February 2013.
The event, which will be held at UN Headquarters in New York, aims to promote interactive dialogue on this important issue. using an evidence-based approach that shows public-private partnerships are integral components to achieving international development goals, including the six Education for All (EFA) goals and the two education-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Private transactions and sales at gun shows are not currently subject to background checks.
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Congress is considering expanding background checks to include private sales of guns at gun shows or other places.
The SEC also shows how Fannie led private lenders into the subprime market.
It also shows that Harvard sold private equity assets on the secondary market, quite likely when the market was weakest.
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