The Kumon method, which is used by three million pupils world-wide, uses an individualised system of learning.

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Education Minister Leighton Andrews described it as a "world class" system for those aged three to 19.

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Three-time World Memory Champion Ben Pridmore invented a memory system, which he alone has mastered, that allowed him to memorize the precise order of 28 shuffled packs of playing cards in one hour.

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Number three, I want the best education system in the world right in the United States. (Applause.) Michelle and I are only where we are because of the chance an education gave us.

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Kay wants to take computing forward with his next great invention, an operating system that puts the user in a three-dimensional graphic world with scores of other users, all computing collaboratively and communicating through audio and visual messaging.

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At number three in the world, Murray is already the highest-ranked Briton since the system was introduced in 1973, but this latest move breaks up the dominance that Federer and Nadal have enjoyed.

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Aegis began as a sea-based defense against hostile aircraft, but over three decades has evolved to become the most versatile missile-defense system in the world, due in no small part to the fact that destroyers and cruisers hosting the system can get wherever they need to be quickly.

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Following a pledge last weekend by the world's leading industrialized countries to keep the financial system from foundering, Libor on three-month dollar loans has dropped 40 points to 4.42% throughout the week, Bloomberg News reported Friday.

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