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9 Oct 2017
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What is the difference between:
"hosted the pageant" and "owned the pageant"?
The newly disclosed email was provided to The Washington Post by Scott Balber, a U.S. lawyer representing Aras Agalarov, the Russian billionaire who hosted the Trump-owned Miss Universe pageant in Moscow in 2013 and who had helped secure the Trump Tower meeting for Veselnitskaya.
What is the difference between:
"hosted the pageant" and "owned the pageant"?
The newly disclosed email was provided to The Washington Post by Scott Balber, a U.S. lawyer representing Aras Agalarov, the Russian billionaire who hosted the Trump-owned Miss Universe pageant in Moscow in 2013 and who had helped secure the Trump Tower meeting for Veselnitskaya.
"hosted the pageant" and "owned the pageant"?
The newly disclosed email was provided to The Washington Post by Scott Balber, a U.S. lawyer representing Aras Agalarov, the Russian billionaire who hosted the Trump-owned Miss Universe pageant in Moscow in 2013 and who had helped secure the Trump Tower meeting for Veselnitskaya.
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Owned the pageant means they own the whole thing. Hosted the pageant means they provided a place for the pageant and maybe planned out the details.
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Owned the pageant means they own the whole thing. Hosted the pageant means they provided a place for the pageant and maybe planned out the details.
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