The three watchwords for French universities are autonomy, competition and selection.

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And this official competition selection takes in literary giants such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Blake, Wordsworth, Shelley and Hardy.

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Natural selection thrives on both competition and cooperation, but cooperation has been proven secondary, and is highly specific to contexts, usually external demands for establishing better survival chances.

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Priced a dime below the competition and still more profitable to the retailer, Classic Selection is now 7-Eleven's most popular brand of water.

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This year, chefs were told the meat selection (Irish beef) six months before the competition, as opposed to a year, and the fish two months ahead of time.

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