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Cities to kick offf trial of new citizenship test
By TIMES WIRES
Published February 15, 2007
A new citizenship test designed to make applicants think about questions rather than just memorize answers is beginning a trial run. Volunteers will try out the new questions in San Antonio and El Paso beginning today. Officials in eight other cities nationwide also are beginning to administer the pilot naturalization test this month, in an effort to revamp the exam for 2008. The 140 or so draft questions on the test cover U.S. history and government, but are designed to be concept-oriented, as opposed to current questions that require memorization. 100-plus couples wed under arch Love may conquer all, but it was still pretty cold in those wedding dresses Wednesday as more than 100 couples tied the knot on Valentine's Day under the Gateway Arch. Many of the brides were decked out in wedding gowns and veils despite snow drifts and a wind chill of minus 2. The wedding, billed as the largest in St. Louis history, was organized by a radio station. Town dumps English-only law The board of this desert town struck down a law that made English the official language. The ordinance, which briefly put the community in the middle of the national immigration debate, was enacted in November but never enforced.
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