1.   The conference is held every three years and previous host cities include Bangkok, Dubai, Miami, Tokyo and Auckland.

2.   Atlanta is a business city, boasting the headquarters of CNN and Coca-Cola, but without the history and grand vistas of the previous host city, Barcelona.

3.   ACOG never promised that, Moss said, comparing it to previous hosts of the Summer Games.

4.   But even most of the harshest critics acknowledge that Sydney has done something remarkable, going far beyond the achievements of previous Olympic hosts.

5.   Compared to the memorable schtick and flawless improvisational work of previous host Billy Crystal, it was a notably uninspired effort.

6.   Nor have the Olympics been a boon for previous host cities, like Barcelona, which were looking to put themselves on the map.

7.   She had similar frustrations with the family of Harris and Lauren Komishane, her previous hosts in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., they said.

8.   Someone like previous host Garry Shandling.

9.   The blueprint for what to do, and what not to do, is carefully laid out in instructions produced by previous hosts for the Summer Games.

10.   Officials from each of the previous host cities of the modern games lit torches from the flame.