1.   Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., plans to travel to the colonial town near Mexico City for a brief immersion course in the Spanish language.

2.   Four previous space flights, an immersion course in the Russian language and a small support team of Americans helped her through the rigorous training that followed.

3.   Last year, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas attended a Spanish-language immersion course in Mexico, partly in response to the growing influence of Hispanic voters.

4.   Of course, any time you go on line, you enroll in an immersion course.

5.   Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., plans to travel to the colonial town near Mexico City for a brief immersion course in the Spanish language.

6.   That was an immediate immersion course.

7.   There are also advanced immersion courses of two weeks and four weeks, at New Paltz.

8.   They suggested that an immersion course be offered only as an option to New York City parents, with the current bilingual program left largely in place.