The center can handle such unusual works on paper as large wall maps, globes, books and photographs.

Many parents said they had not been told that the centers would not handle transfers.

The centers also handle oceanic traffic, which they cannot see, via radio.

As a result, the center is handling only 275 in-patients, down from 350 before the deployment.

The center handles about 25 cases a year.

The centers handled more than 750 million checks a year, about the number they had predicted to occur by 1970.

In 1995, she said, the center handled 50,000 cases through 560,000 phone calls.

The center handles planes for New York's three major airports.

But up-to-date centers can handle 16 tests in a 12-hour day, he said, so each additional test could mean significant profit.

The center handles foster children who are likely to be candidates for adoption.