Meta-analyses have proven particularly valuable for teasing out rare but serious safety problems with drugs.
But serious issues lay behind the rotting, brain munching subjects of the academic's tongue-in-cheek examination.
"His whole personality has this playful but serious nature, playful about life, vitality, " Hancock told CNN.
John McCain, who ought to know better, was accused of an arcane but serious violation last year.
The question is counterintuitive but serious: Is it healthier for a great team to suffer a few defeats?
Democrats and Republicans complain about the complexity of the federal tax code, but serious reform has been almost nonexistent.
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But let's add this small -- but serious -- issue to the conversation.
It is to be solid in our support but serious in our scrutiny.
But serious moves to tackle the mountain of bad loans in the banking system are thought to be lacking.
On the latter point, Healy is referring to the findings of rare but serious adverse events associated with bisphosphonates.
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But serious questions are already being asked about the longevity of the Partnership.
As I wrote last year in The Atlantic, acupuncturist sometimes cause infections, which can lead to rare but serious complications.
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Mexico is moving forward but serious challenges remain in the road ahead.
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But serious spending, or winning, has seldom been seen on piers.
The bigger reason is Mrs Gandhi's undisclosed but serious illness, which required a month of treatment in the summer, reportedly at a New York cancer hospital.
But serious risks remain for the global rebound, particularly worries about continued low growth in Europe and "fiscal risks in some major developed economies that are weighing on recovery, " Ms Lagarde told the Bo'ao forum.
But serious interest has now come from the Pacific: Diageo confirmed on Tuesday that the government-backed China Investment Corporation fund had taken a 1% stake, strengthening the ties between the drinksmaker and one of its most promising markets.
In the neighborhood of Nisantasi, Istanbul's answer to Beverly Hills (and where a 88-room hotel is scheduled to open in early 2008 in the Macka Palas building), the Sofa Hotel opened mid-2006 with minimalist-chic rooms and a small but serious spa.
And across in the Lords Peers will continue detailed scrutiny of the Localism Bill - so far plenty of "probing amendments, " but serious attempts to re-write it may be held back until the Report Stage in the autumn, when there could be trouble.
Mitt Romney promised to keep all of the tax cuts in place, but made no serious commitment to spending reductions, while President Obama promised to raise some taxes, but also made no serious commitment to spending reductions.
The second patient, also male, was in stable but very serious condition, the hospital said.
But a serious downside to a Romney-Ryan ticket may be Ryan's specific policy ideas.
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What he needed was not a play thing, but a serious human-powered mode of transportation.
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Sounds great, but a serious criticism of the project emerged last week from academic publishers.
This left "older people with lesser but still serious needs" without any state-funded support, it said.
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