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Roughly a dozen of the brokers' supervisors are also under scrutiny, the official said.

This may scare enough minority investors (roughly a dozen of whom control four-fifths of Absa's stock) into selling on the offered terms.

Searches by border agents are rare; about 36,000 people are referred to secondary screening by United States Customs and Border Protection daily, and roughly a dozen of those travelers are subject to a search of their electronic devices.

Of the 3,287 films submitted to the festival in 2007, he noted, only 64 were accepted for competition, and only 16 were American-made documentaries, roughly a dozen of which would receive any kind of theatrical release.

(Brantley) 'HEDDA GABLER' In the title role of Ibsen's destructively dissatisfied heroine, Cate Blanchett is giving roughly a dozen of the liveliest performances to be seen this year, all at the same time, in the Sydney Theater Company's visiting production.

Roughly a dozen of the more than 600 United States Olympians going to Beijing serve in the armed forces, including a handful from the Army and Air Force World Class Athlete Programs.

Gina Whitaker, an interfaith activist and Unitarian Universalist based in San Luis Obispo, is leading a group of roughly a dozen to the central coast city's local mosque.

His decision was limited to non-Afghans captured outside Afghanistan — a category that fits only about a dozen of the roughly 800 detainees at Bagram, officials have said.

The new inquiry report, along with the revelation of the details of a forensic audit by Kroll Investigations that described Kabul Bank as a Ponzi scheme to funnel riches to roughly a dozen members of country's elite, is a formalization of the frustrations and suspicions that many Afghan and Western officials have held for months about how the government is handling the investigation.

A PLAN to replace a former matzo factory, an empty lot and a cobblestone street with apartment buildings and a theater will surely transform the Powerhouse Arts District, roughly a dozen blocks of warehouses here that have long been envisioned as a haven for artists.

NEW HAVEN, Aug. 7 — With roughly a dozen members of the Petit family sitting grimly in the front two rows, the two parolees accused of murdering three of their relatives during a brutal home invasion last month in Cheshire appeared in court on Tuesday under intense security.