The Lone Star College system is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area, and the fastest-growing community college system in Texas, according to its website.

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It analyzed the largest bank holding companies in terms of total assets according to the National Information Center, a repository of financial data and institution characteristics collected by the Federal Reserve System.

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We only assessed the 20 largest bank holding companies in terms of total assets, as of December 2012, according to the National Information Center, a repository of financial data and institution characteristics collected by the Federal Reserve System.

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In the American system built around that creed, the monstrous original failing and contradiction was the institution of slavery.

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The institution provides tools and resources to help the U.S. education system keep up with global competitors by combing the traditional 3Rs with the 4Cs (Critical thinking and problem solving, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity and innovation).

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Worldwide, it is the largest institution dedicated to education on these issues and is the only institute within the United Nations system accredited to confer master's degrees (MSc).

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Defending the tenure system was Dr. Cary Nelson, an English professor at my own academic institution (the University of Illinois) and President of the American Association of University Professors.

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Ironically, the government's failure to restore public confidence in banks may be good news for its own postal savings system, which, as the world's biggest financial institution, controls about a third of the savings market and is badly in need of reform.

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