Although women make up the majority of undergraduates in our universities, just under half of academic staff are female.

虽然我们大学本科生中有大部分是女性，但教职人员中女性却占不到半数。

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A senior western diplomat in unhealthy Delhi told methat at any given time, half his staff is ill with serious maladies.

一个在德里的年长的西方外交官告诉我，无论是什么时候，他总是有一半职员患着重病。

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In her short time in office, more than half a dozen members of her staff have quit.

在她入职的短短时间里，她的职员中有超过一半的人辞职。

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Even now, many staff in the children's department want to leave, and more than half the staff in some social-work teams are hired from agencies on expensive temporary contracts.

ECONOMIST: The pay is better than it was. The bureaucracy is worse

Shortly after the attack, India banned Pakistan's national airline from flying in Indian air space and reduced by half India's diplomatic staff in Islamabad and Pakistan's diplomats in Delhi.

BBC: Pakistan expels Indian diplomats

In addition, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed that all flags at state government buildings be flown at half-staff Monday in Clark's honor, as he's done with other Empire State troops who have died in combat zones.

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