The organization operates a one-year program for women in countries where war has torn apart lives and brought about social exclusion.

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In Europe, she is rolling out a one-year leadership training program for 12 handpicked female employees.

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McGee, had developed a prototype for a Virtual Patient program, one that third and fourth year Harvard Medical students could utilize (on CD-ROM) to learn some of the details of patient care that they would not be able to pick up on rounds.

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One program participant, Nicole Williams, a 21-year-old Kansas City mother of three, said she was hopeful she'd pass the GED test soon so she could avoid the electronic version.

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Instead of these, a program of one or two well- instrumented nuclear tests each year would cost less, supply a huge amount of directly relevant data to U.S. scientists, and do all the other things that nuclear tests did in the past to assert the credibility of U.S. nuclear capabilities to the entire world.

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One program that is addressing these issues is a monthly lunch for first-year medical residents at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

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Expect the NCAA in August to strip the Buckeyes football program of at least some scholarships while imposing at least a one-year bowl ban.

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Meanwhile, Saint Louis University's part-time program launched a micro-scholarship program last year: Students can apply to have the cost of one course remitted by the school so they can stay enrolled.

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The program accused Apple of failing to offer new replacement iPhones if major repairs are needed during a one-year warranty.

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