The lesson here is that Europe's rescue programs, like the Hotel California of song, are more easily entered than exited.

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There were problems from the start as I pulled up to the upscale California hotel which serves as the centerpiece of a resort and conference center.

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On May 15, 1915, in the posh new Hotel Alexandria in Los Angeles, a cadre of California farmers gathered to decide the fate of a new crop.

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More than 500 people are expected at a hotel in San Jose, California on Saturday for the convention of the Muslim education and leadership group.

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In the same year he pleaded "no contest" to charges of kicking a hotel security guard in West Hollywood, California.

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