Word: half-dozen
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...handful of students began to mill about outside the Science Center as the sun set at about 7 p.m., listening to music as they pitched a half-dozen spacious tents on the lawn...
...half-dozen "fellows" of the University--captains of industry and academic dinosaurs--release no minutes from their meetings and serve until they choose to leave...
...Karen have been fighting for independence from military dictators in Rangoon for a half-century; by 1997 their rebellion was near collapse. Most Karen fighters fled, but not Johnny and Luther. Leading a half-dozen rebels, the stories go, they beat back entire companies of Burmese soldiers. Their followers swore they had magic powers and were impervious to bullets. For a desperate people, the boys became messiahs. At the police station, they seemed anything but saviors. Shorn of their weapons and fatigues, they appeared to be scrawny, stunted children smoking Thai cigarettes and munching on shortbread cookies. So what were...
...half-dozen Brazilian acts dropped out of Rock in Rio, upset that foreign superstar acts, in their estimation, were getting better treatment than the local bands, when, after all, local bands often sell better than superstar foreigners in Brazil. Brazilian musicians have sense of their own worth...
...Beach County, at the very least, has absolutely no chance of completing a manual recount in time to get the numbers in without Harris's help - and we know where she stands on late entries. Plus, the county's election results are on hold, pending some resolution of the half-dozen lawsuits over the "butterfly ballot." Which means that if Harris sticks to her deadline, the election in the State of Florida could be certified without the Palm Beach results. (Translation: Bush wins.) The county is still looking for a judge willing to rule on the matter - five have recused...