Index: image_import.module
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--- image_import.module	(revision 89)
+++ image_import.module	(working copy)
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@
             $node->nid = $nid;
             taxonomy_node_save($nid, $terms);
             $imported_count++;
+            sleep(1);
             if ($do_delete) {
               $cap_ok = file_exists($caption_path) ? file_delete($caption_path) : TRUE;
               $img_ok = file_exists($image_path)   ? file_delete($image_path) : TRUE; 
