One to be implemented this summer is boosting the number of slots for incoming university freshman by 41% to more than 1.5 million.
National television industries tended to be geared to filling the limited number of slots on domestic channels and their output was often unadventurous or just plain dull.
Because of this limit, and because it is possible to see the number of submitted applications (as well as the number of slots offered by the company) for each position, there is some strategy involved in deciding which externships to apply to.
LaHaye said a handful of athletes are invited to take part in the event each year, but their inclusion doesn't reduce the number of slots for those who get in by doing well in qualifying events, or by winning a spot through the Ironman lottery.
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For now, there are an adequate number of residency slots at U.S. teaching hospitals to meet the coming influx of medical school graduates.
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The total number of new doctors being trained has long been politically determined, throttled by the number of residency slots available.
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"Many parents hope their children can go on to higher education, but the number of university slots has been very limited, " says professor Yang Ruilong, deputy director of the People's University Economics Institute.
For the record, the European version we have is 801n, so perhaps the third digit represents the number of SIM slots featured on the device.
One solution would be to import doctors from other countries, but a combination of tight licensing rules and a limited number of residency slots holds down their numbers.
There is a shortage of primary care doctors in this country yet the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 capped the number of residency slots that Medicare would fund?
In a profession offering a limited number of powerful slots--100 senators, 50 governors, 1 President--politicians live in a zero-sum world, where the gains of one necessarily come at the expense of others.
They applied for antitrust immunity in 1997 and 2001 from the United States Department of Transport, but on both occasions the regulator said they had to give up a large number of landing slots at Heathrow, a price that British Airways considered too high to pay.
The FAA says even though it limits the number of takeoff and landing slots at Newark, the airport is still scheduled at peak traffic most hours, so if a backlog develops, there's no lull in which to catch up.
After combing through reams of statistics he determined that as a city doubles in size, measures of the good stuff income, total wealth, college slots, the number of patents issued, increase 15% per capita.
Sir Richard has been particularly critical of the number of take-off and landing slots at Heathrow Airport that BA holds, especially after its parent company IAG bought BMI, which gave it more slots.
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As the number of mobile apps increases, competition among apps for advertising slots will lead to a rise in available ad inventory, driving CPM rates down.
Gaming currently exists in a number of different forms in Florida racetracks, poker, slots, table games on Native American reservations, Internet cafes but nothing is permitted on the scale that Boyd is planning.
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Despite furloughs and scaled-back retirement benefits for new workers, Stockton had a record number of police recruits this year 1, 300 for 17 slots.
The Centre has pioneered a number of ideas, including a self-locking bicycle and a chair with two slots at the front for hanging bags in bars and cafes.
As competition has intensified for slots at the city's elite public and private schools, a growing number of parents are pursuing both options, anxious to secure a top education for their children.
Its playlist includes more than 40 slots for new releases -- a huge number in the play-it-safe world of commercial radio.
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