Mr. KEITH DEVLIN (Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford): Hello, Scott.
He's executive director for the Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford.
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Candidates must be proficient in reading and writing the language of instruction in the proposed country of study.
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