And, the law would "sunset" -- or expire-- five years after the program goes into effect.

CNN: Lawmakers reach tentative deal on prescription drug reimportation

To bring more educators into the classroom, the National Math and Science Initiative is working with Texas Instruments and the Dell Foundation to prepare almost 5, 000 new math and science teachers in the next five years -- through a program that allows young people to earn teaching certificates and science degrees at the same time.

WHITEHOUSE: Honoring Educators in Math and Science

It could take about five years to see some real impact from the teacher-improvement program.

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Boston's compact and relatively flat geography is ideal for cycling, and in the last five years the city has implemented a cutting-edge bike share program, the Hubway, and made major improvements to its cycling infrastructure.

BBC: In Boston, leaf peeping by bike

In the last five years Afghanistan's premier police training academy in the Afghan capital has restarted its four-year training program for officers.

NPR: Fighting Season Is Testing Ground For Afghan Force

For the last five years the UN has run a program to encourage developing countries to cut down on emissions of global-warming gases.

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With gross domestic product still 3% below its peak, growth flat over the past year and the economy having under-performed even the euro zone over the past five years despite the benefits of a substantial devaluation and a massive program of quantitative easing, many believe that BOE obstinacy has held back the recovery.

WSJ: Some of the Carney Gloss Is Coming Off

He spent five years there, heading a program that produced myriad college basketball players and drew vocal, animated, standing-room-only crowds.

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