William Maddux, an American social psychologist at the INSEAD research center in France, studies how living abroad makes one more creative.

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AbdulMutallab told him he planned to continue his studies in economics abroad.

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Dr John Toy, medical director of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in the UK, said it shared the findings of its studies with others abroad.

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It was then assumed, based on studies of pilot schemes in Britain and abroad, that half of the participants would have been hired anyway without the subsidy, and that, in a further 20% of cases, firms would sack an existing worker in order to hire a subsidised person from the scheme.

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With top graduates getting juicy offers from abroad, fewer stay for graduate studies at IIT.

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"I believe there is a dire need for a change of course in Afghanistan, irrespective of who becomes the president, " said Rauf Roashan of the Institute for Afghan Studies, a scholarly center founded by Afghans living abroad.

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As such, laboratories in the United States and facilities abroad that receive U.S. funding should not proceed with their transmission studies.

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