Russian officers are speaking nervously of a new guerrilla offensive in the first half of May.
Patel is not in the Test squad, so is not required by his country for the two Tests at home to West Indies in the first half of May.
Many readers may not remember the first half of 1998, but may be more likely to recall the Russian ruble crisis in July 1998 and the ensuing collapse in the fall of hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM).
Depending on the outcome of next month's election, he may finally succeed in fulfilling the first half of that pledge.
Defeat at the next election, the likely loss of many centrist MPs with marginal seats, and the party's reliance on union money (74% of donations in the first half of 2008 came from organised labour) may well make Labour turn left.
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With a British general election to be called in the first half of 2010, Lisbon supporters fear that Mr Klaus may withhold his signature long enough to leave Lisbon in limbo until a Conservative government takes power in Britain.
AtheroGenics shares surged after it presented the first half of Nissen's data, which showed the pill may be decreasing the amount of plaque in arteries.
According to Nordea, the euro may weaken further against the zloty in the first half of this year, with the Polish currency trading below four zlotys to the euro by the end of June.
It was hit first on May 12 and would have been a reasonable level to sell half of the position.
Fit-again centre-half Rio Ferdinand may replace Jonny Evans to make his first Premier League start of the season, while keeper Edwin van der Sar and striker Dimitar Berbatov are almost certain starters.
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And Devereux hopes that Hook, who has indicated he wants to play outside-half for Perpignan, is not the first of a clutch of Wales stars who may be attracted to play in France.
She designated 2012 as the year of running: She ran her first 5K in May and her first half marathon later that year.
But the Rugby Football League may look into circumstances surrounding his first miss on the stroke of half-time, as it appeared a plastic drinks bottle was aimed at him as he took the conversion.
After next weekend's All-Star Game, it may be hard for Los Angeles to reverse the bad energy of the season's first half.
Furthermore, fliers can't even use their laptops for the first and last half-hour of flights, so unless you're flying coast-to-coast, you may assume that only having an hour or so to surf just isn't worth the hassle.
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