The passing of the crown

Steve C.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5f31d182-3859-11e2-bd7d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2EWJfZzIw
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  1. era
    a period marked by distinctive character
    The 2012 FT European business schools ranking, now in its ninth year, marks the end of an era.
  2. seize
    take hold of; grab
    The European crown, which has belonged to HEC Paris of France for the past six years, has been seized by IE Business School of Spain.
  3. premise
    a statement that is held to be true
    Russia Eastern premise
  4. stern
    serious and harsh in manner or behavior
    As one-third of the Trium programme, with LSE and NYU Stern, HEC Paris was allocated only a third of the programme score.
  5. allocate
    distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose
    As one-third of the Trium programme, with LSE and NYU Stern, HEC Paris was allocated only a third of the programme score.
  6. progression
    the act of moving forward, as toward a goal
    Kozminski University in Poland, Antwerp Management School in Belgium and ESMT in Germany showed the strongest progression, each rising by more than 20 places in the European ranking after entering or re-entering the EMBA ranking in 21st, 23rd and 17th position respectively.
  7. undoubtedly
    certainly
    The UK and France are undoubtedly the powerhouses of business education in Europe.
  8. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
    The graphic shows the strength of business education by country, using aggregated school index scores.
  9. cosmopolitan
    composed of people from many parts of the world
    The UK and Spain have the most internationally diverse programmes, with 85 per cent and 75 per cent of participants from overseas, while programmes in Turkey and Poland are rather less cosmopolitan.
Created on Sat Dec 08 22:08:01 EST 2012

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