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In that undertaking it employs some half-million miners at the state minimum wage of three dollars a day plus once monthly use of the company's mule.
Tony Phillips: Maple Wars: America Home to Millions of Undocumented Canadians Tony Phillips 2011
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Now, there are an estimated half-million U.S. meth users, according to U.S. government surveys.
Mexico Elbows Into U.S. Meth Trade Nicholas Casey 2011
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Tourists eager to soak up the pomp of this spring's royal wedding will be hard pressed to find a hotel room, as an estimated half-million others will be here with the same idea.
With Hotels Full, Londoners Open Homes To Royal Wedding Tourists AP 2011
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In that undertaking it employs some half-million miners at the state minimum wage of three dollars a day plus once monthly use of the company's mule.
Tony Phillips: Maple Wars: America Home to Millions of Undocumented Canadians Tony Phillips 2011
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Although tonsillectomies are not done as often as they were a few decades ago, about a half-million children still have the operation each year in the United States.
Children seem to gain extra weight after having their tonsils removed 2011
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Tourists eager to soak up the pomp of this spring's royal wedding will be hard pressed to find a hotel room, as an estimated half-million others will be here with the same idea.
With Hotels Full, Londoners Open Homes To Royal Wedding Tourists AP 2011
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Tourists eager to soak up the pomp of this spring's royal wedding will be hard pressed to find a hotel room, as an estimated half-million others will be here with the same idea.
With Hotels Full, Londoners Open Homes To Royal Wedding Tourists AP 2011
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At her death in March 1923, a half-million admirers in Paris thronged the funeral route to the P è re Lachaise cemetery.
Actress, Seductress Norman Lebrecht 2010
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Tourists eager to soak up the pomp of this spring's royal wedding will be hard pressed to find a hotel room, as an estimated half-million others will be here with the same idea.
With Hotels Full, Londoners Open Homes To Royal Wedding Tourists AP 2011
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Although tonsillectomies are not done as often as they were a few decades ago, about a half-million children still have the operation each year in the United States.
Children seem to gain extra weight after having their tonsils removed 2011
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