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  • Nearly a halfmillion combatants died in the Crimean War depicted in "The Taking of Malakoff" by Horace Vernet, pictured here.

    Why the World Needs America Robert Kagan 2012

  • The Senate, I believe, is on the verge of passing the jobs program to put a halfmillion jobs into this economy.

    Presidents Remarks At Photo Op With The Cabinet ITY National Archives 1993

  • Some refer only to the halfmillion Jews and 'Christian Jews' living in the truncated Hungary created by the peace treaties of 1918.

    Could the Hungarian Jews Have Survived? Istv&225;n De&225;k 1982

  • MUSEUM -- The museum's permanent collection is made up of the Fine Arts Collection, consisting of 5,000 works of art that represent the history of California from pre-Gold Rush days to the early decade of the 20th century; and The Photography Collection, containing nearly a halfmillion images in an array of photographic formats documenting the history of California in both the 19th and 20th centuries.

    The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper 2010

  • MUSEUM -- The museum's permanent collection is made up of the Fine Arts Collection, consisting of 5,000 works of art that represent the history of California from pre-Gold Rush days to the early decade of the 20th century; and The Photography Collection, containing nearly a halfmillion images in an array of photographic formats documenting the history of California in both the 19th and 20th centuries.

    The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper 2010

  • November 2009: Releases halfmillion intercepts of pager messages from day of Sept. 11 attacks.

    WSJ.com: What's News US 2010

  • November 2009: Releases halfmillion intercepts of pager messages from day of Sept. 11 attacks.

    WSJ.com: What's News US 2010

  • The increase in basic education enrollment represents 8.6 percent of children age 5 through 14, or nearly a halfmillion children in school who would otherwise be without education.

    Venezuela Analysis 2009

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