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He first saw the design concept of Microsoft's just-introduced mobile system, Windows Phone 7, a year and a half ago.

he began to speak only a year and a half ago.

Furthermore, Hiddink insists that he will continue to boss Russia for the next year and a half at least.

In his previous job at a New York firm, he said, "I spent a year and a half doing concept designs that never got built. "

Not the Obama administration, which more or less dropped the subject a year and a half ago.

The father of her son committed suicide in 1993 when the boy was only a year and a half old.

The project will start within the next 6 months and take a year and a half to finish.

Greg once dumped this woman and a year and a half later, he saw her on the street. She looked terrific and was with a total babe.

In fact, about a year and a half ago, HP's e-speak appeared with a marketing campaign built around a proprietary implementation of SOA.

MOG's first public beta, or test version, came out about a year and a half ago.

A year and a half ago I turned off my cable service and I haven't missed it at all.

I salesman from a small start, step by step to open up the market, with just a year and a half appreciation for the company vice president.

Since the rectification movement is so important, why have we failed to practise it over the past year and a half?

But on October 11th the company said that it would float its businesses outside Western Europe within the next year and a half.

The restricted stock will vest over a year and a half, with the first portion available to sell in August.

During the next year and a half, Stallone wrote eight screenplays but was unable to sell any of them.

When he was a year and a half, Lee made the rounds to the doctors and the specialists again.

The Mona Lisa turned up after about a year and a half in the shop of an antique dealer in Italy.

The Green Revolution's first installation was a year and a half ago.

About a year-and-a-half ago, I participated in a seminar where this figure was launched.

He had studied Japanese for a year and a half before he took up English.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said Iraqi forces will be able to take control of security around the country within a year-and-a-half.

I only wrote for a year and a half but the process was part of my daily routine.

By the end of last week, we had drilled this well for a year and a half.

"A year and a half is a lifetime in politics, but I think this really does boost his foreign policy credentials, " Arterton said.

In just three decades 'childhood' has been cut back by a year and a half as youngsters develop earlier.

I've been an adult for 5 years and out of college for about a year and a half. My girlfriend and I have been together since we were both 18.

A year and a half of community work and long working experience, and cultivate the certain organization ability and management ability.

Luckily for Mr Ryan and his party, the election that matters is still a year-and-a-half away. Time enough to go back to the drawing board.

The risk would rise further over the next year and a half if Iran continued to push ahead with its military program.

"We've had the best weekend in literally a year-and-a-half to two years, " he added.

One staffer recently spent a year and a half in East Timorhelping to set up a fund there.

The antagonism generated at their first meeting a year and a half earlier would remain a permanent part of their relationship.

I've been reading your blog for a year and a half from now, and it has really helped me to focus on certain things to make me happy.

By the end of last week , I had studied English here for a year and a half .

A year and a half later, just as officers were despairing of every hearing of him again, he reappeared on parade.

A year and a half ago he thought he'd bail for cushier employment.

He has since been studying diligently for a year and a half, paying about $240 a year for premium services.

A year-and-a-half later, after a short-lived spell in coalition with Fatah, Hamas violently took over the Gaza Strip.

The scientists say the vaccine remained active even after being stored at room temperature for more than a year and a half.

The American people will have had another year and a half to overcome their lag in awareness of this incredible horror.

This book has been a year and a half in the making, and it came together in large part because of you.

After a year and a half of positive economic growth, we are putting more distance between us and the depth of the financial crisis.

The notes are designed for investors with a bullish view over the next year to year and a half on the price of pork, rice and soyabeans.

The mammal is distinguished by an unusual breeding cycle that occurs every 18 months and has pups suckle for a year and a half.

A year and a half down the line, the consequence is a dearth of pork and higher prices.

Zhang began checking real estate listings in his neighborhood a year and a half ago. He was stunned.

Her equestrian career didn't last (she says she rode for a year-and-a-half), but her cooking stuck.

It's a. . . We spent like a year and a half making it and I really believe that every second was worth it.

Previously, she headed the Ministry of Commerce's Bureau of Fair Trade for Imports and Exports for a year and a half.

after more than a year and a half of legal wrangling , four female thai elephants are in their new mall amid australian sydney zoo.

Then it took me until she was about a year-and-a-half before I lost the next 10 kilos.

Scientists discovered the snails a year and a half later, after they had already pushed some native species close to extinction.

Monday's trading was the most volatile in a year and a half.

About a year and a half ago, Jim developed a lump on his forehead and underwent surgery to have it removed.

So after a year and a half on the job, have I found that being an agony aunt lives up to my dream?

About a year and a half ago, his goat Millie was giving him a hard time.

As I've said before when you've been out injured for a year and a half it's not easy.

After about a year and a half of Bob's cow crapping in Bill's yard; being ignored all the while, a semi pulls up in front of Bill's house.

One family sank everything into a home it bought a year and a half ago, which has since lost $150, 000 in value.

"About a year and a half ago, " says Mr. Snagsby, strengthened, "he came into our place one morning after breakfast. "

They're putting my teeth back where they were a year and a half ago.

My home is not far from the Brooklyn Bridge, and during the year and a half I was on crutches, it became a sort of symbol to me.

Mr. Jobs, who has battled pancreatic cancer and had a liver transplant a year and a half ago, has taken two previous leaves of absence.

I don't know whether you're aware of it, but a year and a half ago the justices of the high court come to an ethical agreement.

But a year and a half later, so-called subprime lending is alive and well.

"For a year and a half, the things I've heard that have given me the most pride have come from outside Rome, " said De Rossi.

The civil war that's been raging in Syria for a year and a half has reached across a border.

'Then four years ago, after saving for a year-and-a-half, I made my first trip to the Himalayas.

I had a death threat a year and a half ago and I had a death threat just before the release of my movie.

I was 50 and had been divorced for a year and a half when friends encouraged me to try to meet someone new.

But a combination of factors has caused U. S. manufacturing to see a surprising recovery in the past year and a half.

"The good news is the economy is still growing. There is a significant difference than where we were a year and a half ago, " said Dunigan.

For a year-and-a-half, every week she stuffed the pages, along with mementos, into an envelope and mailed them off to him.

Thrown into the deep waters of sailing in his youth, he left with his parents to sail the Mediterranean for a year and a half.

It was the first time in a year and a half that I'd seen my lovely daughter.

After gorging themselves silly on cheap credit, about a year and a half ago US consumers began a much needed detox.

(Foreigners could not operate the latter. ) Google then began a year-and-a-half-long negotiation to restore the license.

I've been living out of a suitcase for a year and a half it seems like.

Previously, Jack spent a year and a half with Lotus Consulting on numerous on-site customer engagements.

At twenty-three, I finally escaped and found myself sailing for a year and a half down the inter-coastal waterway to the Bahamas.

And it takes a year and a half for the deal to close cause it has to go through and I trust the business in a US center era.

In a year and a half, the sunglasses brand saw its turnover increase three fold, proving a model like Beckham is worth the price.

And I will now do for the rest of my life the One Laptop Per Child, which I've sort of been doing for a year and a half, anyway.

In high school, for a year-and-a-half, it was math.

We have everything in common and dated happily for a year and a half.

11So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.

Rocket attacks have been rare since Israel's massive three-week assault on Gaza a year and a half ago.

Raul made about $10, 000 total by donating a couple of times a week for a year and a half, at $70 a sample.

Isabel Chivers and Reggie were engaged for two years: Grace and Thorley for nearly a year and a half.

Isabel Chivers and Reggie were engaged for two years: Grace and Thorley for nearly a year and a half.

I am also reminded of a time, about a year and a half ago when we took our family to Israel, the week after Christmas.

We kind of have this rule of, ideally, we announce a game a year to a year and a half before the game comes out.

They've tried working out a peace agreement before, but those talks have been stalled for about a year and a half.

Development of the character then continued for upwards of a year-and-a-half.

Since the financial crisis over a year and a half ago, many more people than usual have started paying attention to the economy.

Thierry Breton, who only took over as French finance minister a year and a half ago, could argue his best has yet to come.

A year and a half ago my godmother, a wealthy old lady, died in Moscow, and to my surprise left me three thousand in her will.

Wary of "mission creep" , it has refused to oversee the restoration of buildings bombed by the Israelis a year-and-a-half ago.

Now a year and a half has passed before I know it. I suddenly seem to forget for what a long time I've no longer been that sad.

So Paul stayed a year and a half in that place, teaching the word of God among them.

The thundering clouds held me entirely in their power, it was the first time in a year and a half that I'd seen the night face to face.

So we did take some time until we found out that was almost a year and a half later.

He'll still be around for a year and a half to attack the central bank.

After nearly a year and a half of consideration, he determined his hospital--- Kafuring Hair Transplantation Centre.

it was the first time in a year and a half that that I'd seen the night face to face.

Why would they buy a fund from a group with 10 employees, who have only existed for a year and a half?

I watched day and night, but for a year and a half there were no boats.

And the biggest consequence of walking on crutches -- as I did for a year and a half -- is that you walk slower. You hurry.

For others, Microsoft's warning that cuts will be spread over a year and a half means a lengthy period of anxiety.

The rally shows that Hamas remains firmly in control of Gaza after seizing power a year and a half ago.

The star Delta Scorpii remains unusually bright, more than a year and a half after beginning an unexpected flareup.

A year and a half after its election win, Hamas violently evicted Mr Abbas's Fatah from the Gaza Strip.

A year and a half later, the exercise group showed "a modest improvement in cognition. "

Is there scope for adding fiscal measures that would contribute 1 per cent of GDP or more over the next year and a half? Absolutely.

Yet a year and a half into the financial crisis, this defence looks hollow.

it was the first time in a year and a half that I the night face to face.

After a year and a half of ice-melting talks, Taiwan and China have yet to address political issues.

The first time I saw you was a year and a half ago.

Mr Cooper later switched to submarines and spent a year and a half stationed in Hawaii.

A year and a half later -- and after writing a chapter about using Acegi Security for another book, Spring Live -- I had changed my mind.

A year and a half later, our Japanese customer accounted for some 20% of our output , down from 60%.

A year and a half into the project, the "wobble-plate" system gave way to a simpler, lighter and more robust design.

Can you become a concert pianist in a year and a half, even if you're a movie star?

After going through a year and a half of development, OpenEJB 3. 0 final was released recently.

In the sophomore year and a half years in 2031 to large, I joined the business practice studio, is one of the principal person in charge.

After a year and a half, in 2008 College Class 2 Grade Acupuncture, I found that "covertly stratified teaching" makes us get many benefits.

So it did take us some time until we found out, almost a year and a half later.

After a year and a half of negotiations over price and arranging financing, they completed in 2005 and moved in last April.

Mr. Young played landlord to around 50 brands, but the mall shuttered within a year and a half.

He lost his fingers in a sawing accident a year and a half ago.

When Kim first came to UW a year and a half before, she was assigned to room 217.

It's been a tough year and a half for us; a lot of our supporters were very concerned.

It was the first time in a year and a half that the night face to face.

The patient had been in excellent health, practicing yoga every morning for a year and a half.

Underlining those worries, the Japanese government downgraded its view on the economy for the first time in more than a year and a half.

Would he still sit in jail for a year and a half?

I stayed there for a year and a half, which was an amazing experience - rigorous, but also kind of rudimentary.

Jobs has announced plans to sell 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008--a year and a half after launch.

So, One Laptop Per Child was formed about a year and a half ago.

Charlie, an 11-year-old, who plays right wing, says his friend Abiyasi got him interested in the sport a year-and-a-half ago.

After a year and a half of Kids Company's relentless advocacy, the three siblings were taken into care.

Therefore the coming year and a half may have more written materials generated than ever before in her personal history.

Without health insuranceafter losing his job a year and a half ago, he applied for charity carefrom the hospital.

After that, I lived in Jonathan's village for a year and a half.

A year and a half ago my cousin and good friend died suddenly.

I should know. I was diagnosed with lymphoma about a year and a half ago.

But Mullen says the year-and-a-half the president allowed for the new strategy to prove itself is adequate.

I've lived a year and a half after my original diagnosis.

"You can't maintain the remarkable growth in smartphones over the last year-and-a-half without finding a new customer base, " he said.

But consider this: NYDJ had launched merely a year-and-a-half earlier.

A year and a half later, Mr. Obama's policy could hardly be more different.

Those decisions will be made based on conditions in Afghanistan and a fresh assessment after a year and a half.

A year-and-a-half later he went to the VA for help after months of feeling isolated, depressed and anxious.

We have welcomed more than 70 volunteer translators from at least 21 countries to the Global Voices community in the past year and a half.

But in 1981, after a year and a half of strikes and unrest, the government declared martial law. Walesa was placed under house arrest.

This modest aim may be the most that Mr Bush can realistically have in his presidency's final year and a half.

During a night a drawing my dream in and after one year and a half my work was finished: Eternal Temptation.

After a year and a half of war Russia was defeated.

But when they got to know Rachel, they loved her too, and supported us loyally throughout the last year and a half of Rachel's life.

A year and a half after her approval rating hit a low of 44 percent.

That was a year and a half ago.

When i was born, i was surprised i didn't talk for a year and a half.

Now my hamster have a year and a half, I'll look after it, let him longevity some.

That's like building a brand-new airport in each U. S. state in the next year and a half.

Haddon of another patient scapula fracture, injuries, pain and swelling of the year and a half.

I went there for the first time about a year and a half ago and I had lunch.

I became one a year and a half ago.

Over the past year and a half, BMI Racing have spent alot of time monitoring the performance of their car.

The third storyline I did about a year and a half ago was probably my most difficult.

A year and a half later, it's almost 10 percent.

After a year and a half of dating, he showed up at the library and started rummaging through my desk.

I have found over the past year and a half that consistency, predictability and simplicity have been key with my eldest son.

Its business has improved over the past year and a half largely on robust consumer spending on discounted PCs.

Since most jobs take only a year and a half to master, in order to continue learning, they have to make a job change.

Taiwan has seen sharp economic growth in the past year and a half, driven by increased demand for the island's electronics exports.

It has been one year and a half since Crowne Plaza Fudan Shanghai first opened its doors.

If that schedule holds true, the Fit Hybrid will hit the market a full year and a half before originally planned.

It is the first time in a year and a half that I have walked with my parents.

when i was born i was so surprised i couldn't talk for a year and a half.

He spent the first year and a half of his life in the Chinese capital, the seat of standard Mandarin.

Chavez's popularity has suffered a decline of 12 percentage points over the past year and a half, Cabrera told The Associated Press.

In the year and a half before the ban, hospitals had three hundred ninety-nine admissions for heart attacks.

FOLLOWERS of the past year and a half's financial misadventures have become inured to bucketfuls of red ink.

(Marchionne is said to have killed three styling proposals in the past year and a half).

As part of the work, the researchers alsodocumented the breakdown process of bitterness in beer every two weeks for overa year and a half.

In the last year and a half at least 10 experts, whistleblowers and BP connected individuals have died under mysterious circumstances.

It took the workers one year and a half to complete the building.

Well, she is a year and a half older than him.

a unit of Expedia Inc. , has been in Latin America since 2004, and opened a Sao Paulo office about a year and a half ago.

Working full time at their day jobs for the first year and a half was crucial to their success.

I'll be back in one year and a half.

To watch his progress over this short year and a half is just amazing.

The to-ing and fro-ing of the past year and a half has been unedifying at best, and destructive at worst.

that our relationship has broken so soon in short one year and a half.

But unemployment kept rising for another year and a half.

The roller-coaster over the past year and a half has been without precedent.

Gore says Obama has united a movement over the past year and a half.

"The last year and a half have been like 10 years to me, " said Dr. Shi, who says the criticism is redolent of the Cultural Revolution.

For the past year and a half, most retail investors have been piling into bonds simply because they weren't stocks. Stocks were scary.

About a year and a half ago, I took part in my very first English Speech Contest.

"The first year and a half was a lot of trial and error. "

In the year and a half before the ban, hospitals had 399 admissions for heart attacks.

The drop in housing and stock markets cost U. S. households more than $10 trillion in wealth over the last year and a half, Cross said.

It is estimated that multifraction print runs over the past year and a half time decreased by 20%.

Instead, I want to share a little with you about the last year and a half of my life since "Forever's First Day" .

In the year and a half before the ban, hospitalshaDhad 399 admissions for heart attacks.

RAFAEL NADAL: No, my serve is not much better than the last year and a half.

He's contacted headhunters, been on a dozen interviews in the last year and a half, but nothing has come of them.

Just one year and a half.

In about the last year and a half or so, since open water became an Olympic event, people are really starting to embrace it.

In one credible scenario, behind the unprecedented loss of wealth during the last year and a half, lie the seeds of recovery.

You should know this is not just some easy made decision, I have listen through hundreds of songs, for one year and a half.

I hope the year and a half I can study it very well, so I must hard.

In the last year and a half, Gates has launched out into other areas.

In the last year and a half, I feel like I have seen and done more than in all of my previous 26 years put together.

About a year and a half ago, Mr. Rain paid 10, 000 Hong Kong dollars, or US$1, 290, for the plate at a public auction.

She was once kidnapped in her homeland a year and a half ago,

I have been in Korean for one year and a half.

I ordained as a novice for a year and a half, and another 6 months as a monk ;

For the past year and a half I have been teaching in Japan and China.

the first time in a year and a half

my best friend, who is Mormon, has gone on a year and a half mission