Word: abroad
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Opportunities for MIT students to study abroad are rare because of the school's high number of required courses. The joint curricula that will be developed under the Cambridge-MIT Institute, along with the aid of distance-learning technology, will allow students to take their classes on the other side of the pond...
...partnership will also allow 50 undergraduates to study abroad each year because the two institutions will offer common courses during the third year of study...
...sides in the peace process, the last five years of incremental agreements and breakdowns has, in fact, increased mutual suspicion and hostility. That's left issues such as Palestinian statehood, the status of Jerusalem, the future of Israeli settlers on the West Bank and the rights of Palestinian refugees abroad to be finalized in a less-than-conducive atmosphere...
...corporations, from General Motors to Coca-Cola to Lockheed, have garnered huge benefits from going beyond mere export trade and licensing their brands abroad to manufacturers of high-quality consumer goods, ranging from apparel to toys to foods. Licensing's allure is obvious. It offers companies new revenues that require little if any capital outlay. It's an ideal way to protect trademarks from infringers. And it's an invaluable marketing method because it can enhance a brand's image and lead it to new markets. Corporate brand licensing has grown from practically zero in the mid-1980s...
...While Moscow describes it simply as a "police action against terrorism," President Clinton Thursday referred to Chechnya as instance of ethnic conflict and urged Russia to seek a negotiated solution. So while Putin may be winning the war at home, he's in increasing danger of losing it abroad...