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Hofstra's hosting of debate a costly affair

The way Peter Kalikow recalls it, the phone call from Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz last November went like this:

"He tells me: there's good news and there's bad news," Kalikow said. "The good news is that we got the debate. The bad news is that now we need about $2 million to put it on."

Hofstra's share of the cost of hosting tomorrow's debate turned out to be more...

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