Word: half
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bobby pins, cartridge casings, two rubber heels, a key chain, a set of gold dental bridgework, nine pennies, 16 nails, two plastic bags, a toy wristwatch, a gold watchband, a fishing spinner, five clothespins, six can lids, two hypodermic needles, two earrings, a broken pop bottle, 24 bottle caps, half an inner tube, a rubber doll...
...dirty lyin' skunk," the man in the black hat snarled. "Reach for them plowhandles an' I'll blow ya in half-pocket-high!" Such scenes of life in the wild but carefully censored West are familiar to every watcher of Zworykin's magic lamp these days. But how many western fans or foes are aware of what goes on behind the scenes? Of horses that make more money than people, of the Hollywood horse operators who write a script a day. and of the Method cowboys? Who knows what agonies the hairy-chested prima donnas...
...overall dollar aid remains at the current level of $25 million annually, the U.S. will shake up its program. First to be reviewed: the technical-assistance program, which employs 4,000 Bolivians, maintains 20,000 miles of road, gives agricultural help to thousands. A recent survey showed that half of the Bolivians had no idea that the U.S. was doing the helping...
...such, most of the manuscripts are interesting mainly to scholars. But the Gospel of St. Thomas has a special concern and fascination for all Christians, for it is a 3rd or 4th century collection of 114 "sayings of Jesus" that dates back to a Greek manuscript from the first half of the 2nd century-within 50 years of the Gospels themselves. Such compilations of quotes, set down without any connecting narrative, were used, modern scholars believe, by the authors of canonical Scripture...
There will also be a "proportional increase in financial aid to keep pace with the rise in tuition," according to Jose Luis Sert, Dean of the School of Design, and Douglas Horton, Dean of the Divinity School. At least one half of any increased income will probably be plowed back into financial...