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  • The vast majority of buyers in this market are of Indian heritage, from Bangalore software engineers to lawyers, doctors, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists living in the U.S. Most are relatively young--between 35 and 50 years old.

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  • He's simply saying that he's going to the region, going to Israel and Jordan and the West Bank, to have conversations with leaders that he's meeting with, and also with -- in Israel, to engage with young people in Israel about the future of the Israeli-U.S. relationship.

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  • We've got to rely on American know-how and young engineers right here at the U who are focused on energy. (Applause.) That is our future.

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  • Now 23, Alrawi was just a young girl before the 2003 U.S.-led war in Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein, but she still recalls that the most basic international brands were then prohibitively difficult to buy.

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  • But she had the support of members of the black political establishment there, including former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and U.S. Rep. John Lewis -- onetime lieutenants of the Rev.

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  • Early on, it was mostly young Mexican-Americans, people born in the U.S., who carried the Mexican flag, and it was mostly immigrants, the people from Mexico, who carry the stars and stripes.

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  • Unimpressed with the star pitcher's angry, stammering denials of steroid use, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday formally asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the seven-time Cy Young Award winner for allegations of perjury.

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  • This is a concept for a platform that will post an ongoing series of short documentary videos from research labs around the U.S. These videos will feature true-life, human stories of young scientists, especially women and minorities, who can provide inspiring role models for the next generation.

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  • She later got a license after she qualified for the federal program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which allows young illegal immigrants to stay in the U.S. and obtain work-authorization forms and Social Security cards.

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  • According to Annie Young-Scrivner, chief marketing officer, Starbucks stores in China outperform the U.S. in terms of average store profitability.

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  • Nissan North America Inc. will deliver its first all-electric Leaf today to a young tech executive who happened to be the first U.S. resident to reserve one of the new plug-in hatchbacks.

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  • Mr. Clemens, who won seven Cy Young Awards in his 24-year baseball career, is on trial in U.S. District Court here, accused of lying to Congress in 2008 when he repeatedly denied having used steroids or human growth hormone.

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  • Unlike the main Grammy Awards, the Latin Grammy Academy nominates great music from around the world that may not be well-known in the U.S. Take, for instance, Diego Amador: a young pianist who's heir to a major flamenco dynasty.

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  • Opportunities for young American players are reducing, with the second-oldest tennis tournament in the U.S. relocating to Brazil, while the license for the Los Angeles Open -- which began in 1927 -- was sold to a Colombian group last year.

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  • Despite a few exceptions that are tirelessly (and selectively) cited by advocates of a higher minimum wage, the bulk of the evidence -- from scores of studies, using data mainly from the U.S. but also from many other countries -- clearly shows that minimum wages reduceemployment of young, low-skilled people.

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  • He lost twice in grand slam finals -- to compatriot Pat Rafter at the U.S. Open in 1998, before running into a young pretender called Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2003.

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  • During the call, Bush reportedly confirmed he would visit South Korea in October and discussed the U.S. plan for a missile shield with Kim, said South Korean presidential spokesman Park Joon-young.

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  • The lone U.S. singles entrant in Monte Carlo, Donald Young, won just one game in his first-round match.

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  • "They historically have been the least-insured age group in the U.S., most physicians are less suspicious of cancer in healthy young adults, and many of these patients -- once diagnosed -- may still feel invincible and be in denial, leading to less compliance with their treatments, " he said.

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  • But the Republican senators find nothing amiss about Barbour arranging a private meeting for Young, who is not a U.S. citizen, with House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.

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