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U.S. News: Brown, URI Among Best Universities In The World
U.S. News & World Report named 227 American universities among the best in a global ranking. Among them were Rhode Island's two best-known.

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U.S. News & World Report named 227 American universities among the best in a global ranking. Among them were Rhode Island's two best-known.

U.S. News & World Report named 227 American universities among the best in a global ranking. Two of them are in New Hampshire
U.S. News & World Report named 227 American universities among the best in a global ranking. 12 of them are in Massachusetts.
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