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...Number of American students who study at foreign universities each year - an increase of 150% over the past 10 years 15 Number of students a college official must sign up for study overseas before the official gets a free trip from the American Institute of Foreign Study. Eager for the high fees paid by U.S. students, foreign schools and study-abroad facilitators are dangling perks for administrators to deliver students...
...troubles that exist in distinct pockets can ripple outward. In the northern suburb of Thornton, Stephanie Brown is trying to sell her four-bedroom house for $445,000, just enough to break even on her investment, since she's eager to move closer to her new job. Yet in a month on the market, she's had only a single showing. On one side, she is up against home builders who are knocking $100,000 off the price of houses similar to hers. On the other, she faces a market flooded with foreclosed properties, like the hundreds up for sale...
There are no shortcuts when it comes to learning, and that applies to becoming a prodigy as well. Popular videos such as the Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby series have attracted millions of parents eager to give their babies an intellectual leg up. But a recent study shows that these products may be doing more harm than good. Experts at the University of Washington reported early in August that for every hour each day that infants watched the kaleidoscope of changing images and music on these DVDs, they understood an average of seven fewer words than babies...
Ever wonder what it's like inside a Hizballah bunker but not so eager to get kidnapped just to find out? Well, for a short time and a short time only, anyone in Lebanon can experience the next best thing by visiting the new Hizballah museum in the southern suburbs of Beirut, where there is no admission charged and no blindfold required...
...beginning of a redefinition of the U.S.-Japan alliance," says Tanifuji. Such a shift would not be too sharp - a deep consensus persists among politicians that Japan's fate remains tied to the U.S. But Washington may soon discover a Tokyo that's a little less eager to pitch in around the globe...