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Maastricht
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Maas·tricht  (mästrkt, mäs-trt)
A city of southeast Netherlands near the Belgian border. Founded on the site of a Roman settlement, it has long been a strategic frontier outpost. Population: 119,000.

Maastricht, Maestricht [ˈmɑːstrɪxt (Dutch) maːˈstrɪxt]
n
(Placename) a city in the SE Netherlands near the Belgian and German borders: capital of Limburg province, on the River Maas (Meuse); a European Community treaty (Maastricht Treaty) was signed here in 1992, setting out the terms for the creation of the European Union. Pop.: 121 479 (1999 est.)


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The announcement was made at the Utech Europe conference and expo held in Maastricht, The Netherlands, where polyurethane industry leaders gather every three years to discuss issues and opportunities facing the industry.
It's quite astonishing," said Vera Blau of the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands For the study, the researchers examined activity in the brains of dyslexic and normal adult readers by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) as they were presented with letters, speech sounds, or a matching or non-matching combination of the two.
2 EUTECH Europe 2009 Conference Organized by Urethanes Technology International Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre Maastricht, The Netherlands www.
 
 
 
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