Labels were signing fewer acts, giving them less time to prove themselves and spending less money on marketing.
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If that makes them less big and complex, many would say that is a good thing.
Instead, most hope that controls on short-term capital flows might make them less volatile.
They usually have deep root systems that make them less vulnerable to dry conditions.
But one of the problems with idolatry is that it gives them less than their due.
This makes them less influential than they should be, even when Democrats control the House.
But these added to the bulk of the machines making them less practical for real-world uses.
As their country appreciates them less, creative Poles, it seems, are appreciating Poland more.
Their archaic and paranoid governance structure has made them less innovative over time, not more.
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In the past, brusque interrogators frightened children, making them less willing to confront their abusers.
Reducing the banks' equity holdings would also make them less vulnerable to stockmarket gyrations.
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Yet, these policies trip American device makers for political reasons, rendering them less efficient.
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They did this thanks to not hiring people, getting them to work more and paying them less.
It has since retreated from that position and modified its internal models (ie, made them less optimistic).
Those liquidity facilities charge borrowers a penalty rate which makes them less attractive as private credit returns.
Any one of those developments would have made them less reliant on Jeter and Rivera in 2013.
The rise of right-wing sentiments makes them less likely to get cooperation with China and Korea wholeheartedly.
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As extreme weather events become more frequent, it is important to try to make them less disruptive.
Some of these medicines may be less than inventive and exciting, but that also makes them less risky.
That makes them less expensive to produce and helps automakers that are less technologically advanced than foreign rivals.
This has had the effect of making them less sensitive than earlier devices that did use external antennas.
Unfortunately, it has been using them less efficiently than before: output has grown more slowly than real inputs.
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One is that liquidity in Japan's stockmarkets is falling although this may concern them less than bigger, less nimble investors.
Take the philandering away from Kennedy or the hokiness away from Mr Reagan and you make them less interesting.
Historically, dollar weakness helps commodities by making them less expensive in other currencies.
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He vowed to create products durable enough and timeless enough that people could replace them less often, reducing waste.
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This may weaken their ability to withstand chemotherapy or other aggressive treatments, so doctors may treat them less aggressively.
Its thesis: The way to get people to say yes to more dates is to offer them less information.
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This has made them less risky and allowed them to keep their value.
Better legal protection for journalists makes them less reliant on tough investigative methods.
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