In women over eighty, those who smoked were five and a half times more likely to develop AMD than the women who did not smoke.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

Experts say over half of the world's seven thousand languages are in danger of disappearing.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

The Chesapeake Bay sometimes flows over the wetlands, which cover half the land.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Only half returned. The battle of Gettysburg was over.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

There were approximately 34 people who worked directly on those medals. They got quite attached over two-and-a-half years.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

The island population is estimated by the UN at over half a million, with an equal number of Cape Verdeans living abroad.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

The Iraq surge involved about 20,000 U.S.combat troops over a period of a year and a half.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

So over two and a half times the food that is delivered in the form of aid, is actually thrown away here in Japan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

However,Michigan pulled away in the second half, building an 11 point lead with just over three minutes left in the game, before fending off a Connecticut rally for the 82-73 victory.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

"Out of about two million Armenians that were thought to exist in 1915, probably about a million and a half - at least over a million - perished and others were dispersed.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18