Deutsche Telekom has been forced to lower its target price for the flotation of its internet business T-Online, down from 50 euros to about 35 euros if not less.
Unfortunately or fortunately, Nawab had married early in life a sweet woman of unsurpassed fertility, whom he adored, and she proceeded to bear him children spaced, if not less than nine months apart, then not that much more.
If bankers are hoarding excess reserves because of fear and uncertainty, you give them more, not less, if you want them to lend more.
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When the question before the Congress and the country is not whether to increase taxes but instead which taxes to increase, a gasoline tax will look, if not good, then less bad than the alternatives.
He also may turn about to be, if not a fraud, then less than truthful.
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But another seven miles is not, and if less than half a mile of this highway succumbs to the 14-foot storm surges expected in the future, the highway will need to be shut down, cutting off the port.
And Republicans and Democrats both love America, but we need to have leadership -- leadership in Washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done, and could not care less if it's a Republican or a Democrat.
Paul Friedman, a 59-year-old dentist in New York City, says he's using Facebook less now than when he first signed on four years ago, but he's not sure if the site has "become less interesting or that I am just less interested in it, " he says.
"(If not) we will more or less be out of business, " he added.
So Mr Olmert, a consummate politician if not warmaker, is more or less back in control, and will stay so unless a protest rally scheduled for the evening of May 3rd turns out to be unusually massive.
First, I need to correct something that you stated: taxes are not dischargeable if the return was filed after its due date and less then two YEARS (not days) before filing.
So an Apple shop floor assistant does a lot less work than most if not all stores on the high street of the same size but already gets paid more for it.
Given that those guilty of crimes have, by definition, transgressed the norms of society, it would not be altogether surprising if they were less inclined than the rest of the population to take part in a civic duty such as voting.
Ever synchronized, Tachibaya says her triumph would not have been any less sweet if it had been for a team effort.
If it awards less, the company will not be sufficiently deterred, because it does not face the full cost of its actions.
But the economic and social transformations of the past 20 years of reforms are likely to have been less destabilising than if modernisation had not taken place.
It would probably not be a bad thing if we ate less meat, if the ratio of animal protein to vegetables changed along the lines of the Chinese model.
Companies can use a short form--which simply identifies the plant and the chemical found there--only if they release less than 500 pounds of just one chemical and only if that chemical is not considered one of the most hazardous substances.
If RG3 does not fully heal from the injuries sustained in the 2012 playoffs against Seattle, and if a less-than-full recovery negatively impacts his long-term ability to lead his team to the same levels of performance that were experienced in 2012, then Washington fans will be paying more money for a devalued product.
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But if they can, they would cause more, not less, concern about the ecological effects of road-building.
If we choose not to work harder, we make less.
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No reasonable person would argue that we could not get better results for less money if teacher unions had insufficient political power to dictate how the money was spent.
Similarly, airline passengers would have been far less inconvenienced in December if carriers had not been running at near-record load factors and if they had been keeping a few extra planes on hand for emergencies.
If those expectations are not met, if there is no follow through, and no action, the people will become less motivated than they were initially.
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Hence, if anything, the law has become less popular, not more, over time.
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"I couldn't care less if they've won majors or not, honestly, " Horschel said.
If F1 leaves Europe, you will get more, not less sponsorship on TV.
The contract I signed said if a student stays less than two months they will not be charged out of pocket.
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