The IMF is predicting average growth of over 2% for 2012 and 2013, not meteoric but not bad for a mature economy.
"Our hurricane season is pretty bad, but not as bad as this was, " Lagafuaina said.
My jeans are sopping wet from a leak in my rain slicker, and my legs are sore--but not as bad as before.
But not as bad as it sounds at first because of those 20 million taxpayers, only 3 million would have been ready to file before then anyway, says an IRS spokesperson.
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"There's a bit of relief rally from the growth data, which was weak but not as bad as people had feared, " said Andrew Milligan, head of global strategy at Standard Life Investments.
Now living in Rugby, in the English Midlands, he describes Bethany as a "place of hell", but not as bad as the home of the dysfunctional adoptive parents in County Wicklow he was sent to when he was nearly four.
"I missed a couple of birdie putts in the middle but overall not a bad round, " Guan said.
So I can sum up my tasting notes quite simply: it has a uniquely thick texture, unctuous and almost oily, but not in a bad way, in a citrus oil way.
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Intra-office romance is usually (but not always) bad news.
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As for the Hollywood years, Morris tells us that Reagan was not a great actor--too stiff--but he was not as bad as Warren Beatty and Jane Fonda have made out.
The economy is bad, but it's not even as bad as the last recession.
Not unambiguously good for Japan, in other words, but inflation may not be unambiguously bad either.
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But it is not all bad news for Indian women in these state elections.
For now, then, the most likely outcome would seem to be bad but not awful.
Those whose minds never consider their fellow traveller are not bad but disabled, Mr Baron-Cohen argues.
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Not bad but I think I expected even more for the guy who created the Facebook phenomenon.
The number is small compared to Iphones and Androids sold today, but it is not a bad start.
The stock has been falling recently, but not because of any bad news.
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These firms have anemic profitability levels, but they may not be bad investments.
There is still looting going on, but it is not as bad as it has been over the past couple of days.
Simon Calder, travel editor of the Independent, said air passengers should expect cancellations and delays on Tuesday but it was not as bad as predicted.
Research firm Strategic Insight forecasts the industry's boom-time annual growth rate of 25% is likely to slow to 10%, but that's not bad considering the market's troubles.
But it is not as bad as feared.
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