Only a half-decade ago it was, yet it seems like a cultural eon. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood's Next Wave] Reference
Over the past half-decade, his paycheck has increased by nearly 3% a year. From Wordnik.com. [Inflation Is Stinging] Reference
Did our prognostications from nearly a half-decade ago come to into being?. From Wordnik.com. [the immeasurable clarity of rear windows] Reference
In the last half-decade the relative numbers have declined by 12 percent a year. From Wordnik.com. [So You Want To See The Taj?] Reference
What's the common thread running through the past half-decade of Bush's presidency?. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Daou: THE TRIANGLE: Matthews, Moore, Murtha, and the Media] Reference
Growth in Asia has boomed in the past half-decade, spurring local currencies upward. From Wordnik.com. [Asia currencies lure bulls] Reference
Sister was, in many ways, the Lamaze for a half-decade or more of muscular geek-rock. From Wordnik.com. [Sonic Youth Gets Back, Public Enemy Gets Gamy] Reference
Some firms have been actively teaching lawyers business skills for the past half-decade. From Wordnik.com. [Law Firms Embrace Business School 101] Reference
It included several lengthy meditations on the last half-decade of Chinese rule in Tibet. From Wordnik.com. [Dalai Lama Seeks] Reference
The half-decade of construction has yielded so far just two half-hour episodes for Plum TV. From Wordnik.com. [Bridgehampton Bob Balaban Does Special Thing With Hoe] Reference
Maybe this year, I won't even watch -- I can just declare my own winner a half-decade later?. From Wordnik.com. [Asher Smith: The Heisman Trust Gets an "F" for History] Reference
MUTUAL FUNDS DEDICATED TO LATIN AMERICA have outperformed all others over the past half-decade. From Wordnik.com. [The Latin Beat Goes On] Reference
In a nation of 301 million people, there have been 7 billion drug treatments used in a half-decade. From Wordnik.com. [Derek Beres: Ain't That A Trip: Our Water Is Drugged] Reference
Over the last half-decade, Pakistan has been riding a wave of foreign investment and consumer-driven growth. From Wordnik.com. [Troubled Pakistan Economy Compounds Leaders' Woes] Reference
After a half-decade fretting about possible deflation, it is only now starting to worry about rising prices. From Wordnik.com. [What Lies Ahead at InBev?] Reference
Whether it's still around in 2014, making it through the first half-decade is an incredible achievement, says Levine. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
Over the past half-decade they have lobbied feverishly for their country to be accepted internationally as a nuclear power. From Wordnik.com. [Bushehr And The Bomb] Reference
Reagan spoke about his strategy repeatedly in speeches, debates and articles in the half-decade before being elected president. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Is Right, Words Matter] Reference
Many countries have already reported significant progress in natural disaster reduction activities during the past half-decade. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
After last night, and last year, it should take at least at least a half-decade of clunkers for that cliché to take hold again. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Mitchell: Review of Springsteen's Super Bowl Halftime Show!] Reference
The "thing," of course, was the real-estate roller coaster that came screeching to a spectacular halt after a half-decade cycle. From Wordnik.com. [Slums of Suburbia] Reference
This is what we get when the vast majority of reporters and political leaders spend a half-decade rolling over for the White House. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Daou: We Are Frogs in Slow-Boiling Water] Reference
Mr. Millepied has been making dances for eight years — a half-decade less than Mr. Wheeldon — and still dances with City Ballet. From Wordnik.com. [Everything Is Happening for Millepied] Reference
This is a car of the future, literally, since it's based on battery technology that experts believe won't exist for another half-decade. From Wordnik.com. [Alternative Automobiles] Reference
The MSM has exhausted its resources (Drudge) covering the incredible outrage of Clinton speaking on the half-decade anniversary of Sept 11. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Morning Roundup] Reference
She may have not fully understood my name, but she carried us around in her purse for the last half-decade of her life, and that's something. From Wordnik.com. [freakophilosophy] Reference
After last night and on the heels of last year, it should take at least at least a half-decade of clunkers for that cliché to take hold again. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Hanlon: What Boring Super Bowl? The NFL at Its Best] Reference
Both are treated with a harder edge than the original, keeping the spirit intact while updating a half-decade of club life into the poignant lyricism. From Wordnik.com. [Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Nubian Sounds, African Reggae and Durham Hip-Hop] Reference
Over the next half-decade, 420 tanks, 150,000 shells, 170,000 landmines, 12 helicopters and six warships were trafficked into the war-wracked country. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Over the last half-decade, Mr. Vella has produced some of the most successful podcasts, online recorded versions of interviews or radio programs, on iTunes. From Wordnik.com. [Epics of Sound] Reference
During the past half-decade, Mr. Vella has produced some of the most successful podcasts, online recorded versions of interviews or radio programs, on iTunes. From Wordnik.com. [Vella's audio documentaries take the podcast epic] Reference
The report was a rebuke to the half-decade long effort to build office towers, transportation, stores and an eight-acre memorial on the site of the Sept. 11 attacks. From Wordnik.com. [WTC Plans Are Delayed, Over Budget] Reference
U.S. airlines, which seemed last year to have shaken off a half-decade slump, may face a new round of restructuring amid a stumbling economy and spiraling fuel prices. From Wordnik.com. [Costly Fuel, Economic Woes] Reference
U.S. airlines, which seemed last year to have shaken off a half-decade slump, may face a new round of restructuring amid a stumbling economy and spiraling fuel prices. From Wordnik.com. [Rumor and Speculation] Reference
In the meantime, we are still in the midst of what some analysts have dubbed "The Big Unwind," during which our system unwinds the excessive leverage of the past half-decade. From Wordnik.com. [How Low Interest Rates] Reference
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