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<LEGEND>
     
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  extracted  from  Host
Marriott  Corporation's  Condensed  Consolidated  Balance  Sheets and  Condensed
Consolidated  Statements  of  Operations  and is  qualified  in its  entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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