It's not just flood water, it's sewerage coming up too and it's a serious pollution problem.

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We all ought to hope he's right about that, because if he's wrong--if it's too late--we have just done serious damage to American democracy.

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And I think the American people can be assured that -- (cell phone rings) -- it's too hard to give a serious answer while they're playing like salsa music or something like that.

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It's too soon to say whether reform will become a serious contender.

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Researchers are still trying to determine how easily the virus is transmitted person to person and it's too early to predict whether there will be a mild or serious pandemic, said Fukuda.

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With version 3.0, Motorola has made some serious changes, though admittedly it's likely a little too late to repair the product's reputation.

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It's too fusty, too slow, too intimidating to newcomers and far too self-serious.

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"It's not too easy when you come to a decision like this, " Rivera said, turning serious.

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Pfizer says not to worry too much--the Reddy's drug is different enough that it won't pose a serious threat.

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The hardest part for the serious shopper isn't keeping things for too long, she added, it's waiting for them to move into stores.

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It is reluctant to dole out more, partly because of criticism that it has been too kind to Asia's crisis-hit economies, partly as a ploy to force more serious promises of reform out of the Russians as a condition for help.

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