"Just because somebody is a working adult ... doesn't mean that they don't have a desire to learn Latin or they don't have a desire to study film or other topics, " Friedman said.

CNN: Looking to the classroom to open doors, enrich the soul

We don't know whether to study or work and so we get stuck and think too much.

BBC: The weird world of laughter

That might sound ridiculous -- or obvious -- depending on your perspective, but the findings don't come from a fringe study.

CNN: Sitting for hours can shave years off life

Mrs May expects her new measures to cut non-EU student numbers by at least 70, 000-80, 000 a year, or more than a quarter of the non-EU total (EU citizens don't need visas to study in Britain), though both numbers and policy details remain a work in progress.

ECONOMIST: Student visas

We don't need a study commission to know that tensions are inevitable in conditions offering little or no privacy, increasing the stress of daily military life.

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