The MIT team was already at work on building what they call a "settlement-analysis tool" (it's a computer model) that would help them understand what was needed for humanity to live on another planet.
Indeed, Spain retained sovereignty over the area, which Britain called a settlement, as distinct from a formal colony.
"We are extremely disappointed with what they are calling a settlement," said Dr. Jack Lewin, chief executive of the California Medical Association.
In the disputed territory known as the West Bank, an Israeli village is called a settlement, implying fresh intrusion; a small Palestinian town, even one recently settled, is called a village, implying permanence.
First, what he calls a settlement -- any Jewish apartment beyond the 1967 borders -- is not understood as such by practically every Israeli and most fair-minded international observers.
If you want your daughters trust fund or custodial account to be applied to her college costs, spell out this expectation in your property settlement agreement (PSA), also called a marital settlement agreement (MSA).
Mayor John V. Lindsay called a 1972 settlement ruinous; Mr. Maye's membership called it paltry.
After four years of litigation the parties hammered out what Joseph Ferriero, a lawyer who represented the condominiums, called a "good settlement".
Neither the parliament nor the rebels will easily agree on the terms of what Mr Putin called "a political settlement".
It called for a settlement on pre-1967 lines.
Elsewhere, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who was once the chief executive of the Chicago Public Schools, issued a statement calling for a settlement.
