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...asylum in the first E.U. country in which they arrive.) As a consequence, Iraqis in Sweden range from Shi'ites like Alaa, who are fleeing Sunni militia, to Sunnis who for decades belonged to the Baath Party and supported Saddam's regime. Until the volume of Iraqis began to overwhelm Sweden's bureaucracy, most Iraqi refugees received Swedish residence rights within a year, allowing them to bring other family members into the country. But Swedish immigration officials now say that the huge numbers of Iraqis - and their use of forged documents - have slowed the processing of residence applications. Sweden...
...secondary fields by almost a month.Assistant Dean of the College Stephanie H. Kenen, who is coordinating the approval process, said administrators encouraged the Department of Economics to implement a secondary field. At a Faculty meeting last spring, some economists had cautioned that a possible influx of students could overwhelm a department already home to the largest number of concentrators.“Once they were going to do it, we wanted to make sure we responded quickly,” Kenen said. The six-half-course secondary field in economics provides students with the opportunity to learn the basics...
Computer Services said at the time that students using programs with high bandwidth requirements “can sporadically overwhelm a wireless network access point...
...organization so that it is available to all students regardless of economic background. Instead of trying to come up with some revolutionary method of teaching math, we should simply learn from what Japan and other foreign countries are doing. Tutoring is best in small doses: not too much to overwhelm children, but enough so that they can develop genuine appreciation and enjoyment of math. Students are going to need a lot of support from parents because the distinction between Kumon and mindless repeated labor can be very gray at times...
...retired post office training manager. “All it is now is some bushes, a statue, and a cannon.” “The additional 4,000 cars a day that will result from the construction of the courthouse and office space will absolutely overwhelm the intersection [where the memorial is located],” Edmonds said, adding, “In my opinion, this expansion of traffic relegates the monument area to nothingness.” But Clarke said that “all of the proposed changes are being done within the existing roadway layout...