Till the Authority creepers caught him and sent him to Chonmas for a six-month stretch.

Last year, in a six-month stretch, all five caseworkers in one of the Mount Vernon office's two Child Protective Service units left.

Most of those to be freed are being held under "administrative detention," which allows suspects to be held for renewable six-month stretches without charges being filed.

It had taken a month to reach the port from Hong Kong, a small section in the six-month stretches that he usually pulled on the ship.

Deena Drossin is returning to run in New York, where last November she touched off a six-month stretch that has made her one of the world's most successful distance runners.

With an increase, retail sales would complete their first six-month stretch without a decline since 1999.

"Almost by definition, anything has to be better than the first half," Mr. Otellini said, referring to a six-month stretch in which sales plunged.

Until they were nine, the children were all educated at Mkomazi by trainee teachers recruited for six-month stretches from the pages of the Times Educational Supplement.

The game is the first step in the final six-month stretch before the Women's World Cup, which will be staged in the United States this summer.

In February, the National Marine Fisheries Service estimated that 110 turtles were caught in a six-month stretch last year.