But I mean it, the bad news is it's less growth than there was I suppose, but it's better than it might be though, isn't it?
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Perhaps her grades would not go up, but it's better than crashing and being dragged into the river.
Most appear to agree that the Dayton peace accord may be unjust, it may be unfair, but it's better than any alternative.
"I'm all for recycling -- but it's better applied to paper and plastic than to the failed policies of the 1970s, " he said.
Cracking down on at least one invader that has yet to get a real finhold in the ecosystem may not be much, but it's better than letting it through.
It's great when the things around us run smoothly, but it's even better when they don't do so by default.
That's not fabulous, especially considering that revenue grew at only 5%, but it's substantially better than the prior quarter when expenses exploded by 18%.
For in life, its good to be smart, but it's even better to be lucky.
"That may attract less attention than Pulitzer Prizes, but it's much better for the bottom line, " says Morton.
Microsoft is no stranger to industry flak, but it's always better to give than to receive, right?
Eight hours isn't the longest talk time on the market, but it's certainly better than many LTE handsets out there.
"That averages out to 50%, but it's getting better, " says Moloney.
Glasgow, for instance, has high unemployment, but it's doing better at keeping young people off the dole than Clackmannanshire, North and East Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire.
Microsoft has tried to do the same with its Live service, but it's found better success in getting its Windows Mobile operating system adopted by handset makers, including Motorola, Palm and HTC.
"It's a bit like rolling a dice, but if done right it's better than nothing, " says Robert Bacal, author of Performance Management.
Of course, it's still too small, but at least it's a lot better than what we have now.
Using the military to operate a state school certainly raises concerns, and it's too soon to claim it produces better grades, but there's little doubt that Carver High School is an easier place to learn and teach now that it's under the military's watchful eye.
Ms. SMITH: Well, I think it's better but I don't think it's necessarily right.
"The Internet is getting bigger and bigger, but it's not getting better and better, " Sagan says.
But it's 20 times better than doing a so-so Twingo and then spending the next eight years crying about it.
But "it's obviously better to be outside" the euro zone now, said Poland's central-bank governor, Marek Belka, because "we can avail ourselves of a sovereign monetary policy, including the ability of the currency to depreciate, " and don't have to share in the cost of bailouts.
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The net effect of the Storm2's rethought SurePress is that it's unquestionably better -- but frankly, we still don't get it.
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But does that mean that there's any kind of regrouping going on, any kind of change in the agenda, or is there a feeling that the agenda is perfectly fine as it is but it's just a matter of communicating it better?
As for plastic surgery, no doubt it can make us feel better for looking better, but it's hardly essential--much like a meal at a fancy restaurant or a trip to the south of France.
Smaller is not always better, but it's not unlikely that a guy making his own wine with his own grapes is going to take better care of them than someone who sells them by the pound to a corporation.
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