But not half so scared as the idea that information technology can and will fix this problem.
That presidential tactic would not work half so well if Mr Vajpayee had not scored a last-minute presidential triumph.
While about half of adults in Ohio and Florida say the state of their own personal finances is excellent or good, about half say it is not so good, or poor.
Of the 800, 000-plus who fled the province (not to mention the half million or so who were displaced but stayed inside its boundaries), a good 600, 000 are now said to have returned.
History text book author, Sean Lang, last week called for a modern history curriculum that was not so skewed towards the first half of the 20th century.
England's first-half performance was very good with the players they had, so why not continue that with the same players in the second half and then make changes later?
Semis are expected to recover in the second half, but the solar side not so much.
The conditions on the long journey were so hazardous that it was not uncommon for half the workers to die before they reached the estates.
Security papers like these tend to emphasize the part of the glass that is half-empty, so many readers might not have appreciated how few people were affected, even potentially.
After his debut half century, Australian Twenty20 specialist David Warner did not prove so effective on his second appearance, making only 19.
Until recently, analysts had expected the Federal Reserve to reduce its quantitative easing programme, known as QE3, in the second half of this year, but now many are not so sure.
So when you think back to these last two and a half years, I want you to do so not with complacency, not with full satisfaction, but I want it to motivate you.
But now and again I would go out to the old swimming hole, the place everybody called the Twenty Two, and spend half an hour or so in the water, not really swimming so much as hanging there, suspended in the rumor of coolness that rose from the depths below.
Before the latter half of the 20th Century people generally did not travel much, so it is easier to pinpoint names to places.
Not so long ago, government-controlled companies were regarded as half-formed creatures destined for full privatisation.
So why not start with a 10K race instead of the half-marathon?
When given correctly, it reduces the risk of stroke by 62%, but it is so difficult to use that half of eligible patients are not adequately treated.
But if that account is owned by both spouses jointly with right of survivorship, then at the husband's death his half goes directly to his wife, not to his estate, and so isn't available to fund the trust.
The 13 inch MacBook Pro already takes up half of all MacBook sales, so the workhorse model getting not just a spec increase, but a full reworking with the latest technology is going to have a significant impact on the laptop market.
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Unfortunately, the Czechs have been unable to agree on a one-word informal name for their country, whether in Czech or English, since the peaceful demise of Czechoslovakia 11 years ago (the other half became Slovakia, which works fine so long as it is not confused with Slovenia).
That comeback occurred before more than half the current Barcelona side was even born, so it's not much for inspiration.
Husna, who had taken a seat half-way through this monologue, although she had not been invited to do so, looked down at the floor.
Almost half the people using YMCAs are now female, so it's certainly not just 'young men' as the song says.
It is better to produce half as much, get plenty of exercise and not go crazy than to speed up so that your head is hardly normal.
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He put up a loyal faction of his men to demand publicly that he not allow the other half (who thought his plans lunacy) to pack it in, so that he could appear to acquiesce to the public will.
Issac Sheppard's head teacher, Jim Otto, half-jokes that officials from the school district do not come to the school much, so concerned are they for their physical safety and that of their cars.
Another half-million state residents who qualify for the Medicaid program, but have so far not participated, are expected to finally enroll.
And it goes without saying that so very often, for one reason or another, you do not end up doing half of the above things.
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Suzanne Bates, author of "Speak Like a CEO, " has coached executives who check their smartphones so often during meetings that "it's the equivalent of not showing up for half the meeting, " she says.
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