Utrecht

[ yoo-trekt; Dutch y-trekht ]

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noun

a province in central Netherlands. 511 sq. mi. (1,325 sq. km).
a city in and the capital of this province: treaties ending the War of the Spanish Succession signed here 1714.

Utrecht

/ ˈyːtrɛxt; ˈjuːtrɛkt /

noun

a province of the W central Netherlands. Capital: Utrecht. Pop: 1 152 000 (2003 est). Area: 1362 sq km (526 sq miles)
a city in the central Netherlands, capital of Utrecht province: scene of the signing (1579) of the Union of Utrecht (the foundation of the later kingdom of the Netherlands) and of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), ending the War of the Spanish Succession. Pop: 265 000 (2003 est)

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Jim van Os, a psychiatrist and professor at the University Medical Center Utrecht, questions whether teens whose brains are still developing can ever meet the legal criteria.

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There is a photo of his ruined home in Syria, one of René running in a marathon in Utrecht.

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And in that regulatory vacuum, all sorts of political questions arise, said Frank Biermann, a researcher of global sustainability governance at Utrecht University.

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F. Gold, an assistant professor of physical geography at Utrecht University who conducted the research as a postdoctoral associate at Cornell.

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He then spent a season at Utrecht but returned to Twente in 1996, where he finished his playing career six years later - at the age of 32.

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