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Our first home had a half-second story, one big room tucked under the attic, with asloping ceiling and one small window that overlooked the sidewalk.
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Our first home had a half-second story, one big room tucked under the attic, with asloping ceiling and one small window that overlooked the sidewalk.
Stacked Up 2009
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The Atrix did seem slightly faster when jumping between applications such as voice search and camera, but it exhibited the same half-second delay most smart phones have when launching Facebook, Twitter, and other Internet-dependent apps.
First Look: Motorola Atrix is an OK smart phone, lacks as a quasi-laptop 2011
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Blaring, deep throated horns pulsing in half-second intervals.
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BMW puts the 0-60 acceleration at 5.5 seconds—a half-second off the 650i's pace—and top speed is the same 155 mph.
BMW 640i: For the All-Business Person Dan Neil 2011
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The 'Linderella' story continued at the Air Canada Centre as the Taiwanese American stepped up and coolly dropped a three-pointer from the top of the arc with a half-second to play to beat the Raptors 90-87.
Jeremy Lin does it again with last second victory over Toronto Raptors 2012
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I've seen people who do the half-second draw-twang, but I can't do that either.
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While the ragtop is a bit slower to 60 mph (4.9 seconds, compared with 4.6 for the coupe) and a half-second more leisurely through the quarter-mile (13.4 seconds), the retracted top cures the low-roof coupe's biggest functional liability: massive rear-quarter blind spots and desperately limited outward visibility.
A Genuine Ragtop Road Monster, Leaks and All Dan Neil 2011
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I've seen people who do the half-second draw-twang, but I can't do that either.
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Or something hes heard or read a voice on the radio saying "Even a hardened government soldier may hesitate a fatal half-second before he guns down a child."
An essay by Peter Dickinson entitled 'A Defense of Rubbish' 2010
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