• People were misled by the wandering eye, as if her attention or intelligence or humanity also wandered, as if she had only to be half attended to.

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  • The galleries said the Duke had offered the two paintings at prices "significantly lower than their market value" - estimated to be around a half to a third of what they would be worth on the open market.

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  • After a morale-boosting start, Mr Cavallo then confused markets with an ill-timed proposal to amend the currency board so that the peso might in future be pegged half to the dollar and half to the euro.

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  • In my home state, there used to be saying: At any given time, half of Louisiana was said to be half under water, and the other half is under indictment.

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  • They both appeared to be wearing half their wardrobes to keep away the dreaded cold.

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  • But it would be hubris to expect a half-century old conflict to be resolved according to a specific timetable.

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  • The HC1 is made by Motorola Solutions, which should not to be confused with the other half of what used to be the same company, Motorola Mobility, a handset-maker now owned by Google.

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  • She would be lucky to get half of what she expected to get when she first joined the company.

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  • Update: President Obama has also issued a proclamation ordering U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of the attack in Libya.

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  • Half the money can be set aside for that month's expenses, while the other half can be used to cover cash shortages in the future or be applied to investments to expand the business, says Tiffany Washington, owner of Washington Accounting Services Inc. in Waldorf, Md.

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  • In five years, Lever Style expects about 80% of its production to be outsourced to factories it manages throughout Asia, and half its clothing to be made outside China.

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  • Information is abundant, so be sure to set aside half a day to fully appreciate the role that Liliesleaf played in the resistance movement.

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  • We're also thrilled to be able to offer half a year's worth of Make goodness to all of our full weekend Expand attendees if purchased in advance.

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  • According to the Census Bureau, minorities currently account for one-third of U.S. residents, and that proportion is expected to be close to half of all U.S. residents by 2050.

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  • On Saturday, the Bahrain state-run news agency announced three days of mourning in that country and ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff there and at its embassies abroad.

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  • England players were not involved in the auction last year because of international commitments and will be restricted to half this year's tournament because of the home Test series against the West Indies in April and May.

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  • And the first half used to be glossy and the second half was numbers?

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  • It's a good joke, from a slightly unexpected source (neither the rapper nor his possibly even more famous partner, Kim Kardashian, are best known for their self-deprecating sallies, although the title Kanye is supposed to be contemplating for his new album, I Am God, is said to be "half tongue-in-cheek").

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  • Though Israel's exasperation is understandable, it would be wiser to take a half-step in response to what some see as a half-step by Hamas.

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  • Wall Street analysts are expecting the company's second-quarter earnings to be about half their value from last year, falling to 24 cents per share, from 44 cents.

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  • Gov Hickenlooper has ordered flags in the state to be flown at half-mast from sunrise to sunset until the day after Mr Clements's funeral, the Denver Post reported.

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  • Even granny's 80th birthday is more likely to be held in a posh hotel with guests travelling half around the world to be there, with everyone pitching in to buy her a cruise around the Mediterranean.

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  • While burn damage is normally patched with pieces of excess skin from a person's own body, this does not work if the whole face needs to be covered -- the skin of the entire back is less than half of what would be needed to cover the full face and scalp, Siemionow said.

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  • This means that earnings growth in the second half will have to be meaningfully higher than the first half.

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  • About 100 volunteers are being sought for the study, half of which will be asked to take part in indoor activities and half outdoor exercise.

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  • The number of currencies that banks submit would be cut in half from 10 to five and the number of rates will be reduced from 150 to just 20.

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  • To goose some franchisees into upgrading faster, Novak is said to be offering to slash royalty payments by half, to 2.5% of revenue.

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  • The mycobacteria thought to be responsible for the disease are said to be present in around a half of Crohn's Disease patients.

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  • The trumpet would be four to five and a half feet, the trombone nine to thirteen feet, and the tuba sixteen to twenty-six feet.

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  • "The second half of the fiscal year will be slightly better than the first half, and we expect growth to be around 6% during the period, " he added.

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