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Article: New Hartford, Conn., convention center touted as a technological marvel.
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- Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT)
- Article date:
- May 29, 2005
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Byline: Mike Swift
May 29--The dark limousine sweeps up the back ramp to the Connecticut Convention Center, moves right into the building, and then pulls, incongruously, inside a giant hydraulic freight elevator.
Somebody pushes a button to lift the car carrying the governor of the state of California to the third floor. Once there, the limo pulls slowly into the hallway, finally depositing Arnold Schwarzenegger a foot outside the "green room," where he is to prepare for his speech to 7,000 heart surgeons.
"Ahhll be baahck," the movie-star governor growls at his aides cluster outside. He disappears inside with his laptop to connect to the ...