Her equestrian career didn't last (she says she rode for a year-and-a-half), but her cooking stuck.

只是她的马术生涯并没有持续多久（她说她只骑了一年半的马），不过她对烹饪的热情却一直没有中断。

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But during the second half of last year the economy still managed to lose more than a million jobs.

但在去年的下半年，虽然美国经济努力争取复苏，但是一百万人还是失去了工作。

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But unemployment kept rising for another year and a half.

但在随后的一年半中，失业率持续攀升。

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But Mullen says the year-and-a-half the president allowed for the new strategy to prove itself is adequate.

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"We have seen some diminution." But even if the U.S.economy is losing jobs at a slower pace than half a year ago, the overall unemployment picture remains bleak, according to Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group.

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Gonzalez was released about a year and a half ago but ordered to stay in the U.S. while he served a three-year probation.

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The journalists at The State have actually had these juicy e-mails in hand since December, but they waited half a year to take them public.

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The couple told WFLA that they made a claim with their insurance company, but that a year and a half later there has been no resolution.

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