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  • In contrast, if a bill now before Congress in Washington is passed, Puerto Ricans will vote next year whether to decide their island should become the 51st state and so end a half-in half-out relationship that has been evolving ever since Puerto Rico was removed from Spanish rule in 1898.

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  • All were told at sentencing that they would serve half their time in prison and the other half out on licence.

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  • Coffee Republic, a UK-based chain of coffee bars, has cut its losses in half and bought out rival chain Goodbean Ltd.

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  • While Curry scored only seven points in the first half, Bogut broke out in a big way to provide the one-two punch Golden State had long envisioned.

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  • But the Tanzanians were a transformed side in the second half, coming out of a defensive shell and drawing level in the 57th minute, when a free kick was pushed into the path of Yusuf Macho, who rifled the ball into the net.

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  • The Fed said that the 18 examined banks paid out 19 percent of their profits in shareholder dividends last year half of what they paid out in 2006, before the financial crisis.

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  • In this situation, take out half the cash in the account as soon as possible.

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  • The Irish produced little purposeful play in the second half as the match petered out in disappointing fashion.

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  • The State Geologist has the testimony of old residents of Long Branch, who state that they farmed on land which is now a half mile out in the water, showing a tremendous eating away of the beach in half a century.

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  • Bendtner - heavily criticised after a succession of misses in Saturday's win against Burnley - scored twice in the first half to wipe out the 2-1 lead Porto were protecting from the first game in Portugal.

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  • He produced two superb saves to keep the home side at bay - firstly parrying a powerful 15-yard strike from Campbell and then, later in the half, clawing out a Keiron Richardson curling shot from the edge of the area after the midfielder had been gifted possession by Scott Dann.

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  • Minor was hardly a force at the plate coming in he was a paltry 8 for 108 (.074) in four seasons, striking out in exactly half of those at-bats.

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  • In 180 wards, more than half the children are in families receiving out-of-work, means-tested benefits.

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  • They erased a 20-point deficit that North Carolina built in the first half and then nearly climbed out of a nine-point hole in the final minutes after the Tar Heels hit three consecutive 3-pointers and once again appeared to take control.

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  • In a mirror of the first half, Saints burst out of the blocks in the second and once again Meli punished the visitors.

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  • The problem is that, as Roberta Wohlstetter pointed out half a century ago in her study of Pearl Harbor, separating out the really important signals from all the "noise" in the system is only easy to do after the fact, particularly when the U.S. government has now assembled a database of an astonishing number of 700, 000 individuals it suspects of ties to terrorism.

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  • He said it cramped up in the top of the second and again after grounding out in the bottom half.

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  • McLeish went on to criticise the stewards at the Emirates Stadium after he was involved in altercation with an Arsenal fan behind the dug-out in the first half.

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  • Samoa had battered South Africa for 40 minutes in their opening match in France before running out of steam in the second half.

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  • With the words of player-manager Gary McAllister ringing in their ears no doubt, Coventry came out firing in the second half and almost took the lead within six minutes.

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