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It took an unusually long time for the quota of H-1Bs for the fiscal year that ended on September 30th to be used up.
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The Memphis police have had plenty of time to modify the quota system, which was introduced in the early 1970s under pressure from the Justice Department in Washington, anxious to remedy past discrimination against black policemen.
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Within 10 minutes, the kids were playing on their own leaving us time to consume the daily quota of whiskey and cigarettes required per editorial cycle.
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For the first time, Africa has a full quota of 53 entries for the 2010 preliminaries, which will be divided into three stages.
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But it was difficult to enter the country, thanks to the quota system that operated at the time.
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It is the second time this year that China has increased the quota.
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This year the quota was filled in half that time, because there are nearly twice the number of people fishing the same waters.
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He said under state law at the time, he was able to set a quota for certain types of summonses, and that some officers received poor evaluations and were transferred after they didn't get the numbers.
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At the same time, Mr Gref said, the immigration quota system had led to a fall in the difference between the number of workers entering and leaving the country to just 30, 000 - a figure that could not satisfy the country's growing demand for workers.
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Former Texas Senator Phil Gramm notes in the Wall Street Journal that by the time the housing market collapsed, Fannie and Freddie faced three regulatory quota mandates.
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The governments of sending countries might play a role too: Harvard's Mr Rodrik suggests giving them a quota for migrants that is reduced by the numbers that fail to return on time.
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