"They rent the space based on whether it fits, not necessarily on whether it makes any sense".
"They rent the space based on whether it fits, not necessarily on whether it makes any sense". Taubman shook his head.
Mr. Vishnick said he rents the house based on the arithmetic that $3,000 a month is better than nothing.
Patrons have simply traded their skis for mountain bikes, which are rented at the base of Bald Mountain and which attendants load onto racks attached to chairs on the Sterling Lift.
After vowing to evict the Americans last year, Mr. Bakiyev reversed course once the administration agreed to pay much higher rent for the base.
The 2009 dispute was resolved when the United States agreed to pay higher rent for the base, which is now $60 million a year.
Washington will pay more than triple the rent for the base — now called a "transit center" — increasing its annual payment to $60 million from $17.4 million, while kicking in upwards of $50 million in grants to the government.
In addition to paying higher rent for the base, the United States has refrained from much public criticism of Mr. Bakiyev, who was once praised by Western governments for promising to install democratic reforms.
When he stepped out of the car at the rented campaign base near Paris's Unesco headquarters, aides patiently held the building's door open.
For our visit, we rendezvoused at Salt Lake City Airport for the 29-mile drive to Little Cottonwood, where we had rented condominiums near the base lodges at both Snowbird and Alta, neither of which is playing host to Olympic events.
