So no federally or state funded student loans for those doing the arts, languages and so on.

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The polyphonic space of the region reinvented itself over the centuries throughout the arts and the richness of languages.

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Degrees such as medicine, law, sciences and languages deliver higher returns than arts and humanities.

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My desire to help these children led me to return to school to earn my Masters of Arts in Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) at Johns Hopkins University.

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In 1972, UNESCO adopted a ten-year plan for the study of African oral traditions and the promotion of African Languages, the first Festival of the Arts of the Pacific was held in Fiji and two series of cultural studies on Latin America were launched.

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Ong cites Lear, his avant-garde interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy flavored with elements of Indonesian martial arts, Noh drama and Beijing opera -- and performed in different languages by a multi-national cast, half Singaporean, a good part Japanese, with a sprinkling of other Asians.

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