Due for completion are: a dozen Olympic sports centres; a new cross-city underground railway; a host of office towers; a massive airport terminal; and, after some delay and much criticism, a colossal French-designed egg-shaped theatre in the city centre.
Spencer is also the host of "Office Hours," a monthly podcast featuring candid conversations between prominent executives on leadership and management topics.
For DaimlerChrysler to succeed requires cohesion not just between two headquarters, in Stuttgart and Auburn Hills, Michigan, but also between a host of offices and factories with different national and corporate cultures.
Hundreds of colleges nationwide have recognized the new reality by giving parents a stronger presence on campus, through a host of offices created to deal with parents' queries and concerns.
Voters are choosing candidates for a host of offices, but the most contested race is for mayor where Fenty is trying to fend off a challenge from D.C. Council chairman Vincent Gray.
Day after day, week after week, he recounted in his diary his experiences with the hosts of office seekers who infested Washington and who occupied so much of his public time.
In addition to construction related to the Olympics, a host of other office and residential high-rise buildings mushroomed throughout Beijing, vastly transforming the look of the city.
In their absence, community groups and activists have repeatedly challenged the legitimacy of the election, on April 22, for mayor, City Council and a host of lesser offices.
Singapore, which is host to offices of the world's biggest banks, will adopt the O.E.C.D. standards on information sharing in all of its existing bilateral tax agreements that do not already contain them, as long as they are reciprocated.
Officially, the Qataris rarely discuss the Taliban presence in their midste, and the government-controlled press seldm mentions it, although they have acknowledged that they are willing to be the host of an official office for peace talks.
The trafficking of Ukrainian women for the international sex trade also emerged as a serious concern evidenced by the fact that Ukraine was the first former Soviet republic to host an office of La Strada International (a network of organizations that work to prevent human trafficking).
