And so that was about a two-and-a-half-year process, and the book came out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters of a Nation: A Collection of Extraordinary American Letters] Reference

Its chairman, Paul Lego, just lost his seat after a two-and-a-half-year stint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ring Out The Old, Ring In The New] Reference

For instance, on Jan. 23, the dollar hit a two-and-a-half-year low against the yen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spring Wheat Shows Strength] Reference

I would go back, until about a year ago, in other words over a two-and-a-half-year period.    From Wordnik.com.  [We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda] Reference

However, claims for benefits lasting longer than one week rose to a fresh two-and-a-half-year high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pending Homes Sales Flat in January] Reference

The average is half what it was less than a decade ago - little more than a two-and-a-half-year pit stop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miracle Workers Wanted] Reference

HDFC Bank dropped to a two-and-a-half-year low of 791.10 rupees before closing 4.5% down at 800.70 rupees.    From Wordnik.com.  [BSE Sheds 2.9%] Reference

Claudia Cohen succeeded Travis, and when she left, in 1980, Brady returned for a two-and-a-half-year stint.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gossip Behind the Gossip] Reference

Abel estimated that his unit alone had brought in over five million dollars in a two-and-a-half-year period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Consent to Kill]

A two-and-a-half-year border war with Ethiopia that erupted in 1998 ended under UN auspices in December 2000.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference

In India, the National Institute of Design is offering a two-and-a-half-year degree in toy and/or game design.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN FINANCIAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT: That's still a new two-and-a-half-year high for the Nasdaq.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2004] Reference

BOULDEN: This is the London trading floor of a two-and-a-half-year - old stock trading platform known as Chi-X.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2009] Reference

A two-and-a-half-year border war with Ethiopia that erupted in 1998 ended under UN auspices on 12 December 2000.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Claims for benefits lasting longer than one week continued to rise, however, reached a fresh two-and-a-half-year high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Showing Resilience] Reference

The judge refused to delay Libby's two-and-a-half-year sentence while he challenges his conviction in the CIA leak case.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2007] Reference

It was the beginning of a two-and-a-half-year ordeal that led Nichols to say "Wolf" was "like Vietnam - I can't pull out.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack Cries Wolf] Reference

Mr. GOUREVITCH: Well, I went there for a total of nine months in six visits over about actually a two-and-a-half-year period.    From Wordnik.com.  [We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda] Reference

Ryan Babel has finally completed his move to the Bundesliga side Hoffenheim, the Dutchman signing a two-and-a-half-year deal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kenny Dalglish says return of Steven Gerrard will add momentum] Reference

We also discussed a lot whether they should have two-and-a-half-year terms, or whether the delegates should have five-year terms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fidel Castro Addresses Santiago Working Meeting] Reference

We had reached the conclusion in the commissions, in the preparatory commission, that they should have two-and-a-half-year terms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fidel Castro Addresses Santiago Working Meeting] Reference

During the two-and-a-half-year presidency of Gerald Ford, the men who would devise the Iraq War were beginning to make their names.    From Wordnik.com.  [Magic and Mayhem] Reference

Like you, my husband and I worshipped our two-and-a-half-year old daughter and wanted another one just like her when I became pregnant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oh, Boy.] Reference

The U.S. currency was trading around 106.45 yen late yesterday in Asia, after hitting a two-and-a-half-year low of 105.63 yen on Tuesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yen Looks Likely to Keep Climbing] Reference

Ireland paid tribute Wednesday to a group of Irish shop workers who staged a landmark two-and-a-half-year long anti-apartheid strike in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Among the few gainers, ONGC ended up 0.7% at 298.10 rupees as Brent crude futures hit a fresh two-and-a-half-year high in London Wednesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [IT, Banks Drag India Shares] Reference

STERN: ... is that people always emphasize a 14-month marriage, but they had a two-and-a-half-year relationship before they actually got married.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 29, 2002] Reference

If we start facing facts — either because we choose to or because we have no choice — I think it will be a two - or a two-and-a-half-year cycle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can It Get Any Worse?] Reference

Now, as you can expect, the reaction to that decision to commute Scooter Libby's two-and-a-half-year prison sentence was very swift and very predictable.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2007] Reference

Judge Walton doesn't buy it, says it can be argued on appeal, but shouldn't prevent Libby from beginning his two-and-a-half-year sentence within two months.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2007] Reference

But Rosie, the two-and-a-half-year baby, the dying mother's sacred charge, wound her tiny arms about the elder sister, and with baby-like perversity hung on, lisping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edna's Sacrifice and Other Stories] Reference

US Weekly runs an interview with waitress Jaimee Grubbs, who claims she had a two-and-a-half-year affair with the golfer.    From Wordnik.com.  [WalesOnline - Home] Reference

In September, Nava received a new two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence after admitting that he drank alcohol while on probation.    From Wordnik.com.  [billingsgazette.com] Reference

Gul Mukhey, who heads Principal Investments and Private Equity for HSBC (India), has quit after a two-and-a-half-year stint at HSBC.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Financial Express] Reference

Seen as a referendum for Mayawati government's two-and-a-half-year rule, by-polls are a prestige issue for main opposition parties as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference