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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of half-a-century in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of half-a-century in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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  1. Alexis McGill Johnson:

    For nearly half a century, Title X has ensured that those struggling to make ends meet or who dont have health insurance can access services like birth control, cancer screenings, and STD testing and treatment in their communities.

  2. Read More'They:

    It would be an injustice to judge someone based on an interview that's being used out of context, they're trying to contradict how John Wayne lived John Wayne life, and how John Wayne lived John Wayne life was who John Wayne was. So any discussion of removing John Wayne name from the airport should include the full picture of the life of John Wayne and not be based on a single outlier interview from half a century ago.

  3. Ray Jayawardhana:

    Half a century later, returning to the moon is overdue, i would hope that it is a sustained effort, a long-term national commitment, one that also involves international partnerships and public-private collaborations. A multidimensional lunar program would be quite exciting. Apollo 11 landed on the moon five years after the first American robotic probe reached the surface. And this is an ambitious goal in the foreseeable future that rallies science, technology and the human spirit together.

  4. Zachary Quinto:

    This movie has definitely a retro vibe to it, it's pretty remarkable for something like this to last for half a century and we're all really proud to be a part of it at this significant, celebratory milestone.

  5. Yoseph Tassew:

    The potential of these new drugs means that I am seeing people with extensively drug-resistant TB walk out of the hospital who otherwise would be dead, it's frustrating that after half a century, we finally have new TB medicines that can save the lives of the sickest patients, but we can't offer this hope to all people who could immediately benefit.


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