Greece's borders have become the gateway of choice for the vast majority of people hoping to enter the European Union illegally, and the country is finding it difficult to cope.

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The language barrier does not affect the majority, but for those who enter school as English learners the challenges are even greater.

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Venus boxes will supposedly allow the majority of TV owners to leapfrog that stage and enter the information superhighway almost immediately. (The devices, developed at Microsoft's Beijing lab, are expected to be ready by the end of the year.) This, say Venus boosters, is a modern device with Chinese characteristics.

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The majority of our students will enter with reading, language, and math deficiencies.

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"A significant majority know their names when they enter the nursery, but some do not, " he said.

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And those who enter the NFL Promised Land stay only a few years on average without a real trade for the majority of their working lives.

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Changing the constitution, which is necessary to allow foreign companies to take a stake in the country's ample hydrocarbon reserves and for Pemex to enter into joint ventures, requires a two-thirds majority vote in Congress.

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