Word: halfs
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Jordan's new Parliament is the first to reflect Hussein's decision last year to sever the country's administrative and legal links to the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Half the members of the previous Parliament had theoretically represented the West Bank; all members of the new Parliament are residents of the East Bank...
...lose on one and gain on the other, but if you've done the math right, you'll usually lose a little less than you gain. Yippee! But you've got to keep your transaction costs low and, of course, not get caught with a taxable gain on one half of the hedge without realizing your loss on the other half. It was to avoid that hitch, basically, that Princeton/Newport entered into understandings with Drexel Burnham Lambert and other firms to make these tax sales. "Look," Regan's traders said in essence, "you're not going to have any risk...
...count, at least 1,000 of the 22,733 U.S. parishes have no resident clergy. The future looks even bleaker. The number of priests (now 53,522) is certain to decline as the population of Catholics (54 million) increases. By the year 2000, experts estimate, there will be only half as many active priests as there were in 1965, when there were only 46 million parishioners...
...county, whose population is roughly half white, half black, the vote last week was 2,821 for Douglas Wilder and 2,732 for Marshall Coleman. The mood after election day was strangely subdued. The election was too close. Blacks declined to celebrate. They seemed to fear that a recount might take the victory away...
...Dubbed HA! The TV Comedy Network, it is scheduled to debut next April Fools' Day. MTV's entry, ironically, will steer away from the MTV approach of its rival. Instead of short clips, it will have a more traditional mix of sitcoms, specials and other long-form programming. About half will be reruns (old series like The Dick Van Dyke Show); the other half, new fare from such creators as MTM Enterprises, which has signed on to develop series, and Ron Howard's Imagine Films Entertainment, which is producing a show with the Second City Comedy Troupe...