• "We didn't want to make this Euro-mash that was half-Western and half-North Korean, " Mr. Bonner explained.

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  • Europe's nine-and-a-half to six-and-a-half overnight lead is cause for optimism for Montgomerie.

    BBC: Europe reign after the storm

  • Sexton tagged on the tricky conversion for a 10-point buffer at half-time, and it was his half-break that ignited Leinster's attack again for their bonus point try.

    BBC: Leinster 43-20 Saracens

  • This is what you get when you half-talk about guaranteeing sovereign debt, and half-talk about private sector burden-sharing, and half-talk about the possibility of restructuring sovereign debt.

    BBC: A fork in the road for the euro?

  • Too often they seem to be getting only cursory instruction. (One test: They all should know what "breve"--a term Starbucks uses for half-and-half--means.) Add new pastries and sandwiches and ever more varieties of coffees and teas.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • And if we think we're going to send them there for a year-and-a-half and then bring them back, and then send another group there for a year-and-a-half and bring them back, Washington will find another way to spend that money.

    BBC: Moon astronauts urge Mars mission

  • Given that the population has increased by one-and-a-half million in the past 25 years, and two-and-a-half million people in this city were born in other countries, some of which are at war with each other, it is a miracle the place is as peaceful as it is.

    ECONOMIST: It��s a London thing

  • It's a bit weird because half the squad is half-time and half of it full-time so we have to hang around until late afternoon to have a full training session together.

    BBC: Ready to rumble with Thunder

  • The eight-member commission -- half appointed by Congress and half by the president -- is made up of three independents, four Democrats and a Republican, according to its Website.

    CNN: Report: Florida 'grossly derelict' in 2000 vote

  • You transmit both the two-and-a-half minutes -- not the 43 -- the reaction that's based off the two-and-a-half minutes, not the 43, and decisions are made on personnel based on that.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Newcastle prop Micky Ward, Harlequins prop Mike Worsley, Saracens number eight Hugh Vyvyan, Leicester lock Louis Deacon, Newcastle centre Jamie Noon, Bath fly-half Olly Barkley and Newcastle scrum-half Hall Charlton make up the 30-man training squad.

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  • Out of the 35 million people who died from chronic diseases in 2005, one-half were under 70 and one-half were women.

    FORBES: Costs Of The 'Silent Pandemic'

  • Last year Wales had led 9-6 at half-time and another tight scoreline at the break promised a thrilling second half - and the tease of that elusive Wales win over the All Blacks.

    BBC: Wales 12-19 New Zealand

  • McGeechan is set to name his Lions squad next month with full-back Lee Byrne, flanker Martyn Williams, lock Alun Wyn Jones, wing Shane Williams, props Gethin Jenkins and Adam Jones, scrum-half Mike Phillips, fly-half Stephen Jones and captain Ryan Jones as Wales' front-runners to make the tour.

    BBC: Henson criticises below-par Wales

  • The animal got stuck after it crawled into an empty wrapper in Weston-super-Mare - its rescue took three-and-a-half hours and involved six people.

    BBC: Quiz of the week's news

  • Then, over the music, he added his one-of-a-kind, half-spoken, half-sung vocals, and a new, hip noise was born.

    NPR: Mose Allison: The Piano Man Returns

  • The only woman in the group was named as their leader and sentenced to 20 years for international drug-trafficking, eight-and-a-half years for organised crime and seven years for money-laundering - a total of more than 35 years.

    BBC: Fake Mexico TV crew jailed in Nicaragua for 30 years

  • Scrum-half Eoin Reddan and hooker Raphael Ibanez crossed for first-half tries and Leicester were unable to find a way back against a resolute Wasps outfit who led 13-9 at the break.

    BBC: King acclaims 'best ever' Wasps

  • Teenage Blues wing Leigh Halfpenny claimed a stunning first-half brace while Gareth Thomas and fly-half Nicky Robinson also touched down.

    BBC: Blues 37-24 Gloucester

  • First-half tries from Rico Gear and scrum-half Jonny Arr appeared to put Worcester on course for their first league away win in eight months.

    BBC: Gloucester 13-13 Worcester

  • As a result Thomas Jefferson suspended the minting of silver dollars and none were minted until 1834 (although half-dollars, quarters, dimes, and half-dimes were still minted).

    FORBES: 2012: Good Money And Jobs vs. Easy Money And Stagnation

  • Perhaps best of all, the camera is under 4-inches long, an inch-and-three-quarters wide, and half-an-inch in depth.

    FORBES: Flipped Off: The Cisco Story

  • The five relatives were found guilty of conspiracy to require a person to carry out forced or compulsory labour in a trial which finished in December and were given sentences ranging from two-and-a-quarter years to six-and-a-half years.

    BBC: Connors family forced labour sentence ruling reserved

  • And more people are mixing their beer, half-and-half with lemonade, coke or even grapefruit juice.

    FORBES: Beer? Germans Say Nein, Danke

  • Then, in 1954, a beast who was half-man and half-fish dragged himself out of the sea.

    ECONOMIST: The Creature from the Black Lagoon

  • Most reaction, however, has been pinned to a singular detail: Morales is a half-black and half-Latino character, not white like Peter Parker.

    FORBES: How The Media Reacted To News Of A Non-White Spider-Man

  • Half-Russian and half-Chechen as she was, she was caught in the middle.

    ECONOMIST: The testimony of a murdered human-rights campaigner

  • Its isolated population live just as they have for centuries, seeming half-pleased and half-snubbed at being left out of the hubbub of the neighbouring islands.

    BBC: The perfect trip: The Dodecanese Islands

  • We reflect on the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago to mend a Nation half-slave and half-free under the unifying promise of liberty.

    WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- Law Day, 2013

  • Drinkers grew to like the blended flavor the slight tang and rich color of the old, the effervescence of the new and so enterprising brewers started selling premade "half-and-half" blends.

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