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The Census Bureau will hire up to 750,000 workers May, “a hiring binge that could knock the unemployment rate down by as much as a half-point.”
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The Census Bureau will hire up to 750,000 workers May, “a hiring binge that could knock the unemployment rate down by as much as a half-point.”
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We had a decent day and I think we deserved the half-point in the end.
Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter win twice as GB&I lead at Seve Trophy 2011
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Two days earlier, India surprised markets with a half-point rate rise after inflation jumped to nearly 9% in March.
Oil's Slide Is Good for Asia, But It Comes With a Catch Peter Stein 2011
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Molinari told Sky Sports: We both knew the point was important and Matteo had to make his last putt to make the half-point.
Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter win twice as GB&I lead at Seve Trophy 2011
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Example: the over-under on the game is 36½ points, or just a half-point more than New Orleans scored last week in its loss to Seattle.
Real rivalry in Pitt Dave Goldberg 2011
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But he starts off July with his approval number approximately one point worse than the chart shows, and his disapproval around a half-point worse.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- June, 2011 Chris Weigant 2011
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Yesterday's half-point rate cut was a panic measure from a central bank whose excessively loose monetary policy in the first half of this decade encouraged a catastrophic borrowing binge.
The credit crunch will do for Margaret Thatcher's reputation 2009
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Fowler's clutch 30-foot putt (he birdied the last four holes) salvaged a half-point in his match with Edoardo Moliari just as Johnson was closing out a victory over Padraig Harrington.
Europe takes Ryder Cup back from United States on final match Cindy Boren 2010
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Darren Clarke and David Horsey looked set to make it two wins out of two for GB&I when they birdied the 17th thanks to Horsey's approach to two feet but Swedish duo Alex Noren and Peter Hanson had other ideas and birdied 18 to secure the Europeans' only half-point of the morning.
Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter win twice as GB&I lead at Seve Trophy 2011
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