Eventually I lost everything and ended up living in a cardboard box near skid row in L.A., shunned and a goner.

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First Row (L-R): Finance Minister of Germany Jorg Asmussen, Finance Minister of Italy Giulio Tremonti, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, French Finance Minister Christine Lagard, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling and Luxembourg Prime Minister and chairman of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker.

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With booths in the main section labelled in rows from A to L, the best plan of attack is to go row by row through the space.

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With a combination of their current hotel inventory, use of campus facilities at either USC or UCLA, LAX plus additional airports locally that can help lighten the load, and a large population of sports enthusiasts dying for a chance to participate in an international sporting event, L.A. clearly has all of their ducks in a row.

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