1.   Half the patients were given the drug and the other half were given a sugar pill.

2.   The Associated Press media poll, to be released on Friday, might give its half of the title to Oregon, which is ranked second in the AP.

3.   Half the volunteers will receive the vaccine while the other half will be given a placebo.

4.   Rotblat is giving his half of the prize money to the group, so it will get the entire amount.

5.   Rotblat was giving his half of the prize money to group, so it will get the entire amount.

6.   The other half were given calcium citrate and a placebo that resembled the fluoride pill.

7.   The other half was given a dummy solution.

8.   The United States gave only half as much as Japan and less than France or Germany.