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So Mr. Mickenberg commissioned a sculpture of 300 donated ladders depicting Roanoke's favorite icon: a half-century-old, red-white-and-blue neon star that shines down on the city from nearby Mill Mountain.
Roadside Kitsch Is Fun, but Is It Art? Virginia Museum Sure Hopes So Rob Johnson 2011
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As a result, the half-century-old SETI policy of relying primarily on radio telescopes to listen for messages is frequently challenged.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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Defended as a way to deny the regime of Fidel and Raúl Castro the resources to oppress its own people, the U.S.'s half-century-old sanctions against Cuba have -- in pursuing this noble effort -- become a blunt instrument.
Christopher Sabatini: A Middle East-Like Revolution in Cuba? Don't Hold Your Breath Christopher Sabatini 2011
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As a result, the half-century-old SETI policy of relying primarily on radio telescopes to listen for messages is frequently challenged.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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Defended as a way to deny the regime of Fidel and Raúl Castro the resources to oppress its own people, the U.S.'s half-century-old sanctions against Cuba have -- in pursuing this noble effort -- become a blunt instrument.
Christopher Sabatini: A Middle East-Like Revolution in Cuba? Don't Hold Your Breath Christopher Sabatini 2011
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Defended as a way to deny the regime of Fidel and Raúl Castro the resources to oppress its own people, the U.S.'s half-century-old sanctions against Cuba have -- in pursuing this noble effort -- become a blunt instrument.
Christopher Sabatini: A Middle East-Like Revolution in Cuba? Don't Hold Your Breath Christopher Sabatini 2011
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Based on a half-century-old government formula, the official rate continues to assume the average family spends one-third of its income on food.
Number of US "poor" reaches record high under new census formula 2011
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The timing of the sudden re-emergence of the half-century-old territorial dispute with Russia is ominous for the government of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, which has struggled with the worst bilateral dispute with China in years, following a ship collision in the East China Sea on Sep. 7.
Japan Confronts Russia in Island Dispute Yuka Hayashi 2010
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Defended as a way to deny the regime of Fidel and Raúl Castro the resources to oppress its own people, the U.S.'s half-century-old sanctions against Cuba have -- in pursuing this noble effort -- become a blunt instrument.
Christopher Sabatini: A Middle East-Like Revolution in Cuba? Don't Hold Your Breath Christopher Sabatini 2011
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And Ziada was also motivated politically, as she decided to translate a half-century-old American comic book about King into Arabic.
Amid revolution, Arab cartoonists draw attention to their cause 2011
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