Real growth in the area came after World War II with the construction of numerous subdivisions, eventually leading to the incorporation of Half Moon Bay in 1959.

Half lap joints are used extensively in construction and cabinetry for framing.

By the late 1790s, the Quasi-War with France prompted a national program of harbor fortifications and in February 1800, the island was conveyed to the federal government which undertook the reconstruction of Fort Jay and new construction of Castle Williams and South or Half Moon Battery.

Half of the enclosure was discovered beneath the site of the demolished Flagstones House in advance of the construction of the Dorchester by-pass road.

Princes Half Tide Dock itself is set to be transformed with the construction of the 60 storey Shanghai Tower.

Half a million cubic meters ( 18 million cu ft ) of rock were blasted and a similar amount of earthwork moved in the construction process.

The stones that were used in its construction were allegedly transported by William Smith, Innkeeper of the Half Moon Inn, Quarrington Hill, as he was the only villager to own such a cart to make this possible.

Sloan – Kettering Institute was established in 1945 with a US $ 4 million gift from the foundation of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Half the gift was to fund construction of a 13-story research facility and the other half to provide annual operating expenses.

Half of the 100m diameter Neolithic interrupted ditch enclosure Flagstones is under the grounds of Max Gate ; the other half was archaeologically excavated in 1987 prior to the construction of the Dorchester bypass.

Half of this was deducted for living costs, leaving the soldier ( if he was lucky enough actually to get paid ) with about 1. 65 sestertii per day.

For example: it costs roughly $ 800, 000 to produce one hour of local content such as Underbelly and Packed to the Rafters, in comparison to a mere $ 100, 000 to purchase one hour of the US produced Two and a Half Men, the former example screening very often during the off ratings period 2009 – 10.

Half the costs of the project were covered by a 10 million Euro grant from the European Union, as part of the EU PHARE project to assist applicant countries in their preparations to join the EU.

Half the costs of the project were covered by a 10 million Euro grant from the European Union, as part of the EU PHARE project to assist applicant countries in their preparations to join the EU.

Half the manhours you pay for on most jobs are wasted because the job was not planned right, so the right tools were not handy at the right place at the right time, or the right materials were not delivered to the handiest spots or materials were not stacked in the right order for erection, or you bought cheap materials that took too long to fit, or your workmen had to come back twice to finish a job they could have done on one trip.

Ticket inspectors on the train line through Aberdour were known for their sing song refrain: " Half an hour, Half an hour, Half an hour to Aberdour-tickets please.

Half of the German divisions available in 1940 were combat ready, often being more poorly equipped than the British and French Armies, as well as the German Army of 1914.

Half a million residents of the annexed Polish territories, as well as from Slovenia, Alsace, Lorraine, and Luxembourg were deported to the General Government or sent to Germany as slave labour.

New Nightmare, with In the Mouth of Madness ( 1995 ), The Dark Half ( 1993 ), and Candyman ( 1992 ), were part of a mini-movement of self-reflexive or metafictional horror films.

Half of these Irish Americans were descended from Ulster people, and half were descended from the people of Connaught, Leinster and Munster.

Half the members of the municipal councils were to be elected.

Although there were less in this decade than there were in the 1990s, the 2000s still saw many popular and notable sitcoms, including Will and Grace, Malcolm in the Middle, The King of Queens, Arrested Development, How I Met Your Mother, Scrubs, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and 30 Rock, among many others.

Half the crew were lost before the expedition made it back to the Netherlands the following year, but with enough spices to make a considerable profit.

In other parts of Europe, many democratic socialist parties were united in the International Working Union of Socialist Parties ( the " Two and a Half International ") in the early 1920s and in the London Bureau ( the " Three and a Half International ") in the 1930s.

The key movements within the Two and a Half International were the ILP and the Austromarxists, and the main forces in the Three and a Half International were the ILP and the Workers ' Party of Marxist Unification ( POUM ) of Spain.

Half the groups in each decision rule condition received feedback that their decisions were correct and half that their decisions were incorrect.

Humiliation of authority was something only previously delved into in The Goon Show and, arguably, Hancock's Half Hour, with such parliamentarians as Sir Winston Churchill and Harold Macmillan coming under special scrutiny — although the BBC were predisposed to frowning upon it.

Their glaciers were huge and covered nearly all the landmarks around Yosemite Valley except Half Dome, Eagle Peak, Sentinel Dome, and the top of El Capitan.

In Los Angeles, Smith appeared in theatrical productions of Living On Salvation Street, for which she was paid $ 14 for each performance, Boys and Girls / Men and Women and How the Other Half Loves, and played the recurring role of Luella Waters on the Showtime series Brothers.

Segovia was one of those to whom homage was paid in the 1978 song by Ian Dury and The Blockheads There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards.

Half of the land annuity debt ( c. £ 90 million ) was written off and the rest paid as lump sum.

In 2010, Sheen was the highest paid actor on television and earned US $ 1. 8 million per episode of Two and a Half Men.

Half the action takes place at a celebratory dinner where Marlene mixes with historical and fictional women who achieved success in a man's world, but always at some cost ; the other half in Marlene's family, where the cost is being paid.

How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York explained not only the living conditions in New York slums, but also the sweatshops in some tenements which paid workers only a few cents a day.

Half was to be paid up front, with the other half to follow after completion of the mission.

An episode of the BBC radio sitcom Hancock's Half Hour paid tribute to Osborne's play in " The East Cheam Drama Festival " ( 1958 ).

Stephen King wrote an appreciation of Stevens in the Afterword of his novel The Dark Half and paid tribute to him in that book, in which Thad Beaumont writes violent crime novels starring a character named " Alexis Machine ," a reference to a character from Stevens ' novel Dead City.

As an advertising gimmick, in December of the same year, the company paid the town of Halfway, Oregon US $ 100, 000 and donated 20 new computers to change its name to " Half. com, Oregon " for a year.

Half day kindergarten is paid for by the state.

Half crazed by the weight dragging, the dust, and the heat, the horse leaped our wall, dashing out the rider's brains against it, and leaving him lying there among us -- while the horse crashed away through the brush.

Half a mile below at the mouth of Salyer's Canyon was an old ranch that the company had purchased from A. J. Armstrong, occupied by a Mexican, his wife, and an old trapper.

Two comprehensive histories of Engelbart's laboratory and work are in What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry by John Markoff and A Heritage of Innovation: SRI's First Half Century by Donald Neilson.

* A west coast pale ale brewed by Half Acre Beer Company, Chicago, IL.

1842 Half Quart coin issue by the Royal Mint

Half of the increase was from higher summer melting, with the rest caused by velocities of some glaciers exceeding those needed to balance upstream snow accumulation ( Krabill et al., L24402, GRL 2004 ).

Novels such as " Half Life " by Shelley Jackson and " Light " by M. John Harrison have received the James Tiptree, Jr. award for incorporating themes of fantasy and sexuality.

* 2006 The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente and Half Life by Shelley Jackson ; with special recognition for Julie Phillips ' biography of James Tiptree, Jr., James Tiptree, Jr .: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon

In autumn 2006, Smith starred opposite Belinda Lang in a tour of a new comedy An Hour and a Half Late by French playwright Gérald Sibleyras, which was adapted by Smith.

A major scale may be seen as two identical tetrachords separated by a whole tone, or whole step, the new set of steps " Whole: Whole: Half: Whole: Whole: Whole: Half "( in Semi-tone 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 ).

The first recorded exploration by the Dutch of the area around what is now called New York Bay was in 1609 with the voyage of the ship Halve Maen or " Half Moon ", captained by Henry Hudson, in the service of the Dutch Republic, as the emissary of Holland's stadholder Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange.

On March 14, 1942, the first patient was treated for streptococcal septicemia with US-made penicillin produced by Merck & Co. Half of the total supply produced at the time was used on that one patient.

After some time spent inactive, he was asked to play the famous Half Note in New York City in 1971 by guitarist Jim Hall.

Half the native population of Hispaniola in 1518 was killed by smallpox.

Half a dozen or more times a day, Potsdamer Platz ground to a halt while a train of 60 to 100 wagons trundled through at walking pace preceded by a railway official ringing a bell.

* 1236: Half of Iberia has been reconquered by the Christians.

Half the increase in bone density ( measured by X-ray densitometry ) is attributed to the higher atomic weight of Sr compared with calcium, whereas the other half a true increase in bone mass.

In September 2012, she will be featured in a campaign called " 30 Songs / 30 Days " to support Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn ’ s book.

Half a dozen urban plans for Tirana prepared by consultants have included proposals on how to guide development.