31.   And banking, which was closed to new foreign enterprises for nearly half a century, has been pried open.

32.   And before long, a man will go for the quint using essentially the same boot and blade that Button did half a century ago.

33.   And he remained active in the playhouse for more than half a century.

34.   And if you pressed him further he would say something about coming to terms with what happened over half a century ago.

35.   And some in the audience actually remembered the incident, which occurred more than half a century ago.

36.   And the singer was Hermann Prey, the moving force behind the Schubertiade and a man who has been singing these songs for half a century.

37.   And still funny after half a century.

38.   And Vallone does not have the Liberal Party nomination, without which no Democrat has won statewide office in half a century.

39.   And when the Republicans gained control of Congress for the first time in half a century, many political professionals viewed Clinton as fatally wounded.

40.   And, forgive me for noticing, the average age looked to be in the neighborhood of half a century.