• Though Israel's exasperation is understandable, it would be wiser to take a half-step in response to what some see as a half-step by Hamas.

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  • And it would also address in one step more than half of the so-called fiscal cliff.

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  • The FAA took a half-step in that direction in 2008, creating a nonpunitive reporting system for air traffic controllers.

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  • Mr Obama also took a half-step in the direction of bringing down costs through the Republicans' favoured measure: tackling the huge costs of doctors' legal liabilities.

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  • Royal Dutch Shell has announced that its chief executive will step down in the first half of 2014.

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  • Often, the deterioration reveals itself in increments a mile or two per hour in lost velocity, a half-second slower step initially imperceptible to the athlete.

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  • Pavey will step up to half-marathon in the Great North Run, which takes place on 1 October.

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  • The visitors had a spring in their step and moved further ahead just after the half-hour, McGillvary taking a superb lofted pass from Brown to dart over in the corner.

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  • It looks like they've struck a sweet spot with performance and have taken a bit step forward as they usually do in the second half of the season.

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  • Five tries in an 18-minute spell early in the second half brought the Bulls a ninth successive victory and a step closer to a fifth-successive Grand Final appearance.

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  • As a first step, the scientists examined half a million genetic markers in the participants' DNA. These markers, known as single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, can together reveal how genetically similar people are, even though they are not conventionally related.

    WSJ: Intelligence Changes Linked to Genes

  • Empowering women in Asia is an important step toward boosting overall economic growth (why give short shrift to half of your human resources?).

    FORBES: Side Lines

  • All the evidence suggests that, despite more than decade-and-a-half of goods being labelled in both metric and imperial, the British remain defiantly out of step with their counterparts across the channel.

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  • Thanks to a second-half surge Saturday night in the semifinals of the West Coast conference tournament, it'll step on the floor Monday night in the championship game of the event as the nation's No. 1 team for a second straight week.

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  • After announcing an unexpected fall in first-half net profit, Swiss Re said that John Coomber, its chief executive, would step down at the end of the year.

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  • The malaria vaccine is far from perfect, protecting close to half of its recipients from the disease, but it is nevertheless a huge step forward in combating malaria across a continent that needs all the help it can get.

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  • Nearly a year and a half into the U.S. mortgage crisis, Congress has taken its most significant step in coming to the aid of beleaguered borrowers and propping up mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac .

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  • In recent years, Ziglar Corp. has kept in step with the advances in technology by morphing into an all-encompassing performance enhancement consultancy, featuring a half-dozen speakers and productivity training for corporate employees.

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  • "Runners usually fatigue late in the last six miles of the marathon, and when you are carrying weight it is more of a step into the unknown, but I am confident I will come in at under three hours and a half and beat the record, " said Mr Ellicock.

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