Arguably the biggest crowd-pleaser in world sport, Usain Bolt had good reason to thank Birmingham for being the host city for the Jamaican team's training camp during the build-up to the London Olympics.

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This economic boost is a large reason why Atlanta made a concerted effort to host the 75th annual Final Four in 2013.

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An ungracious host may give visitors one more reason to protest.

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It's been so much fun hanging out with her and the rest of the delegation, so I want to thank them all -- Brandi Chastain, Dominique Dawes, Gabriel Diaz de Leon, and Grant Hill. (Applause.) And of course, I want to thank our host -- the reason why we're here, the reason why this happened, because the Ambassador to the UK, Ambassador Susman, let us use his backyard.

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Neowin speculates that the reason for this could be to start afresh: by confusing host websites with a new identifier, IE 11 might avoid having legacy CSS code thrown at it, dating back to the bad old days when web designers had to give Internet Explorer special treatment.

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If the host or anchor is tendentious, all the more reason to look out.

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Obama's campaign has accused Romney of shifting positions on foreign policy matters and mishandling a trip to England, Israel and Poland this summer when he publicly questioned London's preparedness to host the Olympic Games and cited cultural differences as a reason for economic disparities between Israelis and Palestinians.

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