One of Mr. Talbot's favorites is a fine, stiff netlike fabric used by the automobile industry as a support material between upholstery and metal or impact-resistant plastics.

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"We see it as source material that will support education worldwide, including innovations in the process of teaching and learning itself, " said MIT President Charles Vest in a statement.

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The meeting is expected to discuss how to improve marine environmental accident response support, such as on the radiological material discharge after the recent accident at Fukushima Power Plant in Japan in March 2011.

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The Iranian news agency reported that Mr Karzai also described Iran as a friendly country and thanked the Iranian government for its material and moral support.

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With these funds, which are managed through a private company, Mr Ortega has won support with giveaways of zinc roofing material, livestock and the like, as well as cheap bus fares.

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China declared its support for steps to stop illicit trafficking of nuclear material in what correspondents describe as an uncharacteristically prompt response to a US initiative.

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You telephoned me yesterday and asked me to consider voluntarily taking a material reduction in my pension entitlement as a "gesture" to acknowledge the level of Government support being made to Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

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