Other cities,including Philadelphia, Washington and Los Angeles, are making plans to use the San Francisco program as a model.

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Brazil was one of the first to successfully scrap the old Washington Consensus model of debt service and budget cuts, paying off its loans with the International Monetary Fund in the first few years of the Lula presidency.

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The act has had an impact beyond Oregon, serving as a model for a Washington State law that took effect in 2009.

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It was not until researchers at the University of Washington proposed converting the research model into Foldit, a Halo-like game that uses 3D visual icons.

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