Bryan Slingers, chairman of Ogilvy Cape Town, considers it an ideal place to pitch accounts, since his audience is captive.

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While the spirit of vintage Las Vegas lives on in countless unexpected places all over town, the following places are ideal spots from which to kick off your adventure into Sin City's dramatic past.

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David Benatar, a professor at the University of Cape Town, also turns to philosophy to determine the ideal family size.

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Orchha was an ideal place to build a capital as the town is sheltered by thick forest, which is probably the reason that these age-old monuments still exist in excellent condition, despite there being no major preservation efforts.

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It's not a great calling card, not an ideal howdy-do to the world beyond the town's borders.

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Les Byard, manager of St Tydfils shopping Centre in Merthyr Tydfil and also chair of the town's business club, told BBC Radio Wales that free parking would be ideal.

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He found his paradise--and his ideal career--when he quit his film-industry job and moved his family to the small town of Ojai, Calif.

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