1.   An assistant principal, Steven Shapiro, said only half in jest that the school is considering ordering cushions for the file cabinet seats.

2.   But in five short years Mike Holmgren has earned a Super Bowl championship, and he says that half the fun was getting there.

3.   Chief Executive Norm Augustine delights in saying that half his revenue comes from non-military work, including computer graphics, high-tech highway tolls and processing state checks.

4.   He said only half its money comes from membership dues, with the rest generated by business ventures in pharmaceuticals and insurance.

5.   He said only half of the tax-rebate checks mandated by his tax cut plan have been mailed.

6.   I said that half in jest.

7.   Shelton said that half the money had come from state funds and the rest was being raised by the museums privately.

8.   To tie the interests of the directors to those of the shareholders, it says that half the compensation to directors should be in some form of company stock.

9.   The Fed said about half of bank loan officers surveyed had tightened loan standards while no bank reported loosening standards over the past two months.