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  • He lost a half-year's worth of his trading profit after the surprise election of British Prime Minister

    Citigroup's Risk Chief Learned the Hard Way 2010

  • Kendermore's Autumn Harvest Faire opens in a little more than a month, and that load is worth a half-year's profits to me there.

    Stalling 2010

  • Mr. Tough said he can bankroll a few months of sitting at home and thinking and writing with the money from the buyout package, which he said translates to roughly a half-year's salary.

    Times Magazine Editor Paul Tough Takes Buyout 2009

  • Mr. Tough said he can bankroll a few months of sitting at home and thinking and writing with the money from the buyout package, which he said translates to roughly a half-year's salary.

    Times Magazine Editor Paul Tough Takes Buyout 2009

  • No small business owner would contemplate offering a half-year's vacation benefits to even the most valued of employees, but that is exactly what happened in the steel industry.

    Dump the CEOs Before Investing in U.S. Industry 2008

  • Every animator, board artist and cel painter knew that when the Big Three picked up their orders for a new season of shows, it was back to Hanna-Barbera, Filmation and Ruby Spears for six months of work, after which there was a half-year's unemployment and spotty freelance until the next season arrived.

    The Morphing Roller Coaster Steve Hulett 2006

  • "You want to be directionless and unsure what you'll be doing to earn food in a half-year's time?"

    A Shadow in Summer 2006

  • Every animator, board artist and cel painter knew that when the Big Three picked up their orders for a new season of shows, it was back to Hanna-Barbera, Filmation and Ruby Spears for six months of work, after which there was a half-year's unemployment and spotty freelance until the next season arrived.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Steve Hulett 2006

  • And after about a half-year's silence, that's what they did.

    War By Other Means: Economic Espionage in America 1997

  • Kendermore's Autumn Harvest Faire opens in a little more than a month, and that load is worth a half-year's profits to me there.

    Kendermore Kirchoff, Mary 1989

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