Word: half-dozen
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...next thing is that even if a half-dozen teams are losing money, teams with new stadiums (Orioles, Indians, Rangers) and massive cable television contracts (Yankees, Dodgers) have enough money to set up a system similar to the players' last proposal...
...with North Korea when formal talks resume in Geneva two weeks from today. In Washington, chief U.S. negotiator Robert Gallucci dropped a demand that Pyongyang disclose every shred of information about its past nuclear activities so investigators could figure out whether it has stashed away a warhead, or a half-dozen of them. Instead, he said, the U.S. can attack that question after a basic agreement that would have North Korea drop its nuclear weapons program altogether, in exchange for a modern nuclear reactor and relations with the U.S. To get the diplomatic ball rolling, U.S. officials will meet with...
...showcase work, Paganini swiped the theme of his "Moses" Variations from a Rossini opera, and spun a half-dozen or so flavors, all to be played on a single string. Shaham's technique is evidently as facile with one string as it is with four, resulting in remarkably few signs of strain throughout the entire piece. He eschews the traditional scordatura (tuning the G string up to a B-flat, in this case), and refreshingly emphasizes a darker tonality than usually encountered with this piece...
...always pretty hockey, but it works. As Constantine said at the season's start, "This team will be ready to play every night," and Detroit's Scotty Bowman may have lost his coaching job thanks to the doings of Constantine's Dirty Half-dozen...
...relatively low number of cheating incidences that go to the College authorities seem to confirm this. The Administrative Board, which handles all disciplinary actions, sees approximately a half-dozen cases each semester, according to senior tutors who sit on the board...