More than half world's total disk drives were once made in Singapore.
The written word, however, only emerged about 5, 000 years ago, and until World War II over half the world's population couldn't read or write.
It represents over half the world's population and half its GDP.
And they are flourishing in the dynamic markets of the emerging world, which have been growing at an average of 5.5% a year against the rich world's 1.6% over the past few years and are likely to account for half the world's GDP by 2020.
Everyone laughs at me, but I think it's worth coming from half a world away.
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Westinghouse has designed half the world's existing reactors, and it is already active in China.
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Consumption grows the fastest in Asia, as it comes to represent over half of world GDP.
The centre-left governments that have ruled since 1990 have signed free-trade agreements with half the world.
In the 1990s it mined half the world's stones and controlled the sales of 80%.
Over half of world trade now falls under some kind of preferential trading agreement.
America, home to about half the world's total stockmarket capitalisation, has relatively little to worry about.
Its leading powers colonized half the world, and engaged in military rivalries that produced a thriving arms industry.
Mabuchi Motor has half the world market for tiny electric motors used in electronic gadgets and computer drives.
Today, more than half the world's food aid comes from the United States.
It mines half the world's diamonds itself, in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.
Since these two markets together account for more than half of world traffic, this would be a great achievement.
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It means they may act as if half the world has simply disappeared.
Because I will not allow terrorists to plot against the American people from safe havens half a world away.
The health of people half a world away can be affected by whether those workers have latrines and wash-basins.
Flags of convenience now account for more than half the world's merchant tonnage, and they show no signs of slowing.
Not a faceless call center employee, but a dedicated team member, who just happens to be half a world away.
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George Bush trumped that in November by advocating a free-trade area spanning the Pacific and covering half the world economy.
His helpers half a world away worked overnight on a schedule imitating an average 9-to-5 workday in the United States.
More than half the world's population already lives in cities and the urban population of sub-Saharan Africa is projected to double by 2030.
If this pattern of growth were resuming, it would be good news: nearly half the world economy would be bouncing back.
Happily, however, it has become a favourite spirit in the United States, which accounts for over half the world's tequila consumption.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, less than half the world's uranium reserves can be mined profitably at current levels.
Since the region accounted for half of world growth last year (measured on the basis of purchasing-power parity), this is disturbing.
Rich countries account for most of the past emissions that now fill the air, but less than half the world's current emissions.
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