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New York State Department of Labor statistics show that during the past year, unemployment among African-Americans was more than twice as high as unemployment among whites, and unemployment among Hispanics was fifty-percent higher than whites.
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And although December marked the first time Obama's monthly average sank below the fifty-percent threshold, this dip mostly happened before the month actually began, and Obama stayed remarkably stable after the dip was absorbed.
Chris Weigant: Dec. '09 Obama Poll Watch -- Below Fifty, But Stabilizing 2010
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New York State Department of Labor statistics show that during the past year, unemployment among African-Americans was more than twice as high as unemployment among whites, and unemployment among Hispanics was fifty-percent higher than whites.
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And although December marked the first time Obama\'s monthly average sank below the fifty-percent threshold, this dip mostly happened before the month actually began, and Obama stayed remarkably stable after the dip was absorbed.
Chris Weigant: Dec. '09 Obama Poll Watch -- Below Fifty, But Stabilizing 2010
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A PublishAmerica book at a fifty-percent discount still costs more than most books of the same length at full retail.
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And although December marked the first time Obama's monthly average sank below the fifty-percent threshold, this dip mostly happened before the month actually began, and Obama stayed remarkably stable after the dip was absorbed.
Chris Weigant: Dec. '09 Obama Poll Watch -- Below Fifty, But Stabilizing 2010
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I am still getting rid of fifty-percent of all that we own.
State of Being Zombie Mom 2009
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Most of the young people Montgomery-Baker works with are facing huge struggles: unsafe streets, high unemployment rate, and over fifty-percent drop out rate for high school students.
Heather Box: From Copenhagen to Milwaukee: Bringing the Global Climate Change Movement Home 2009
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Oh, and you're all getting a fifty-percent revenue share.
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I gave Kristin fifty-percent ownership in the company.
This is Gonna Hurt Tito Ortiz with Marc Shapiro 2008
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