• Benny Avni walked through a half-open door into one of the classrooms.

    NEWYORKER: Waiting

  • It is approached by a causeway from which you can see its five towers - like lotus buds or in my view rather more like half-open fir cones - rising from its immense base.

    BBC: Millennium mayhem at Angkor Wat

  • Sometimes I just went home and showered, then sat by a half-open window waiting for the night, Marie out on the town with Stan, my parents on back shift at the works or sitting downstairs watching game shows.

    NEWYORKER: Something Like Happy

  • Of course, Beauvoir was one-half of a world-famous open marriage, and she was therefore not a model for most American women, even the most frustrated.

    NEWYORKER: Books as Bombs

  • With Munster nine Tomas O'Leary desperately unfortunate to have broken his ankle the night before, there is a scrum-half spot open for the Lions.

    BBC: Ospreys 30-32 Edinburgh

  • Richard Haughton and Walder threatened the Bath line but both were denied by outside centre Jack Cuthbert before an infringement in front of the hosts' posts allowed the Wasps fly-half to open the scoring.

    BBC: Bath 6-11 Wasps

  • He half-expected more to open up the hand grabbing his neck, holding him down but it never did.

    NEWYORKER: Teaching

  • "They started knocking down shots in the second half, open 3-pointers, " Bullock said.

    NPR: Plumlee Leads No. 2 Duke Past UNC, 73-68

  • Given that America accounts for about half of the open defence-equipment market, this westward migration makes sense.

    ECONOMIST: A flurry of deals, but Europe is gridlocked

  • Anthony and Kidd each scored six as New York outscored Toronto 25-15 to open a 50-37 lead at the half.

    WSJ: Anthony scores 37, Knicks clinch playoff berth

  • Both sides wasted a series of chances in an open first-half.

    BBC: Hull 2-1 Wigan

  • The Trafford Centre closed its doors at 4pm after only being able to open half its shops and restaurants at 12pm - two hours later than it was due to open.

    BBC: North west England faces travel problems after snow

  • The Dragons had their chances to go in front but Saints started to pile on the pressure again to strike twice in the last 10 minutes of the first half to open up an 18-8 lead and kill the game off.

    BBC: St Helens 42-8 Catalans Dragons

  • The Bulls sent Miami to the line a season-high 41 times, and at times were so reliant on the 3-point shot that they went more than 16 minutes to open the second half without a single 2-point basket.

    NPR: Heat Set Franchise Home Mark, Top Bulls 105-93

  • Their plan is to raze roughly one-third of the 41-year-old, half-empty Foothills Mall and rebuild it by late 2014 as an open-air mall with up to 500 luxury apartments.

    WSJ: Plots & Ploys: Small-Market Mall Makeover

  • The Argentine added the conversion to extend Leinster's lead to 10-0 but Courrent replied with a penalty to open Toulouse's account in first-half injury-time.

    BBC: Leinster 20-13 Toulouse

  • Both sides created half-chances as the game began to open up and Keith Andrews blazed over after Lawrence's free-kick hit the wall.

    BBC: Rep of Ireland 2-2 Italy

  • The Germans used their extra man advantage to push the ball around and stretch the tiring Scots and the home side carved open a series of half-chances in the closing stages.

    BBC: Germany 2-1 Scotland

  • They keep half of their seats open for walk-ins, but even so there is often an hour wait -- just the right amount of time to have a few apertifs and spark mischief.

    CNN: A mancation failure in San Francisco

  • There is no sign to mark it, just a sprawl of heavy, dark, tropical hardwood left to dry and age in the sun and a couple of half-finished canoes in front of the open-air shed where he does his work.

    BBC: A tale of the South Pacific

  • But when he struck again with 1:07 remaining, he and the Wizards were deadlocked at 33, and he just missed outscoring them for the half when he missed an open 3-pointer off an inbound pass with 0.7 seconds to go.

    WSJ: Williams hits 11 3s, scores 42 as Nets top Wizards

  • While you're still able to access the same 'ol half-and-half view from before, you can now have more than two windows open, and it's also possible to adjust the size -- and even have them piled on top of each other, much like what you'd find on a classic desktop OS. We loved Multi-Window before, and adding this new capability makes it even more tempting.

    ENGADGET: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 for Verizon hands-on (update: video)

  • Half-centuries achieved, the pair began to open up ruthlessly and Gambhir drove Anderson through the covers for four before Yuvraj flicked Anderson over the leg side for six.

    BBC: India win series with Mohali draw

  • Adapting a novel like "On the Road, " which has attracted legions of fans over the last half-century and inspired many to hit the open road, is no easy task.

    CNN: Walter Salles: Back on the road

  • The freshman guard had 10 of her 12 points after halftime, including six during a 12-4 run to open the second half.

    WSJ: Fordham women turning heads in Atlantic 10

  • The Orange led by 23 points at halftime and then turned it into a laugher with a 17-2 run to open the second half.

    WSJ: Syracuse blows past Montana 81-34 in NCAA opener

  • Northampton missed the opportunity to open their account when fly-half Myler, whose four misses cost them the chance of an away victory over Wasps last Sunday, failed to find the target with a simple penalty attempt.

    BBC: Northampton 13-19 Newcastle

  • Not long afterward, he found himself in the pine-panelled room where he had first met the new girl, only the pool table had been gouged repeatedly the felt ragged and upstanding, a corona of slate dust spewing from every gash and the half-size refrigerator was on its side, door open, empty of beer.

    NEWYORKER: Ziggurat

  • The course itself is open only half the year, from mid-October to mid-May.

    WSJ: The Green Machine | John Paul Newport on the Masters

  • Lines were a half-mile long Thursday night at the stations that stayed open, and police were called in to maintain order, iReporter April Brendle said.

    CNN: iReporters flee Ike, brave gas lines

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