Leslie H. Gelb, president of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations, another private policy research group, said, "Whatever anyone tells you, domestic politics is always in everyone's heads, because it affects your international standing and credibility."

For these achievements, Charles Veillon was awarded the first International Business Conscience Award by the New York-based Council on Economic Priorities last month.

"Ten years ago, breast cancer was just as important an issue, but people wouldn't talk about it," said Fern Mallis, executive director of the New York-based Council of Fashion Designers.

Before joining Google, Schrage was the Bernard L. Schwarz Senior Fellow in Business and Foreign Policy at the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations.

Larry Birns, of the New York-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs, welcomed the court's decision.

Another example of collaboration comes from Alice Tepper Marlin, president of the New York-based Council on Economic Priorities, a group stressing outlays for social programs.

Al-Sager is also a member of the General Secretariat of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations.

"The issue is not whether we're the strongest nation," said Leslie H. Gelb, president of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations.

With financing from the Chinese Government, the American Dance Festival and the New York-based Asian Cultural Council, the students are to be exposed to a steady stream of international master teachers.

In 1995, he moved to New York with a grant from the New York-based Asian Cultural Council, an international organization that promotes artistic exchanges between Asian countries and the United States.