He said such an approach might eliminate the current backlog within five years.

"Given the current backlog, it would be extremely difficult to put this forward now," said.

I'll try to remember it after I've plowed through some of my current backlog.

As more people are motivated to come forward, the current backlog would decrease.

The Journal quotes a government report stating that the current backlog of them numbers nearly 70,000.

The executives also said the company's current backlog is 1,036 aircraft, also a record.

"H-P's current backlog positions us well for the second quarter."

Some are waiting to become citizens, a process that often takes as long as 10 years with the current backlog of applications.

The current backlog for F2A visas is updated each month.

Among other measures, the bill includes provisions to eliminate the current backlog of four million visa applications within eight years.

With American business needs and current backlogs, increasing employment-related visas to 120,000 annually would solve this problem.

Mr. Stevens said that despite the current backlog, the department would work to meet the new standards concurrently with the old ones.

But the current backlog would be basically eliminated producing significant correct revenue for New York City.

Airbus has an urgent need for increased production capacity in light of its current backlog, Mr. Brown said.

Some within the Liberal Party criticized his proposal, arguing that it would be more appropriate to fix current backlogs in the immigration system.

And while that would not necessarily relieve the court's current backlog - only new tickets are entered into the system - it should prevent another backlog from developing.

ENKA's international construction projects continue to be its engine of growth for the future with a current backlog exceeding 7 billion USD.

In cases where immigrants do receive the order, they can appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals, a process that takes at least five years, given the board's current backlog.

Embraer valued its current backlog of undelivered planes at nearly $21 billion, of which $8.6 billion is in firm orders and $12.2 billion represents options on future purchases.

In particular we welcome the time limits introduced for the processing of applications which will ensure that the current backlog in many member states will be cleared and a fairer procedure brought into place.

The relative ease with which victims of harrassment can now turn to the courts may, paradoxically, lessen the current backlog of cases since the rulings reward employers who have effective sexual harassment policies.

At the behest of the state's top judge, Judith S. Kaye, Justice Silbermann is supposed to not only reduce the current backlog, but to figure out how to prevent such delays in the future.

Immigration officials said the current backlog of 1.9 million cases nationwide was the result of an inefficient, antiquated system and a soaring number of applications prompted by recent laws that threaten to reduce benefits to noncitizens.

State Department and immigration officials said they planned to make the change on Oct. 1, but would continue to review applications already filed in Rome and Vienna, until the current backlog of 30,000 cases is cleared up.

Mr. Kenny, the department spokesman, said, "There is no current backlog and all requests that are complete with all necessary documentation are processed within 10 to 14 days, and often within a day for emergency approvals."

This pushed consumers' potential spending power to a record 4.2 times their current indebtedness, up from 3.4 just two years ago.

They said smaller annual increases would result if the county sold bonds to meet the expense, adding to its current indebtedness of nearly $1.3 billion.

Whatever else our current indebtedness may signify, it is hardly a riot of hedonism.

Grant Tensor also violated "various covenants of certain current indebtedness" that, the company's auditors wrote, "raise substantial doubt" about its ability to stay in business.