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Arab reports said nine people, including an eight-year-old boy, were wounded and scores of others were injured in at least a half-dozen clashes...
...Democrats stood on the steps, brandishing a half-dozen flags. After a few dispirited "Where was George?" chants, they began shouting, "One, two, three, four/ Bush Quayle out the door/ five, six, seven, eight/ Dukakis-Bentsen...
...half-dozen TIME reporters who spoke to the businesswomen behind the stats heard tales both harrowing and inspiring. "They have frequently beaten the odds," says Whitaker, "working with less capital, less training and fewer contacts than their male peers. They've created their own opportunities." Few saw their success as a triumph for their sex. "Most women entrepreneurs like to think of themselves as business people first and females second," says Reporter Blake Hallanan, who conducted interviews in the West and Southwest. Washington Correspondent Gisela Bolte agrees: "The women did not strike me as profeminist or antifeminist. Their only cause...
...wrote back explaining that there was only so much room on the page to cover more than a dozen sports teams. I told her that there were only a half-dozen sports writers to report on those dozen-or-so teams...
...Undergraduate Council seems to have a knack for fence straddling. In its half-dozen years of existence, it has failed to recognize that representing constituents means something other than trying to avoid antagonizing anyone...