They are less worried about politics than about feeding their large families.

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Paradoxically, Mr Portman's move suggests that the Bush administration is less worried about congressional protectionism than it used to be.

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He also is less worried than others about cannibalization of sales of the larger iPad.

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According to a recent study by the Conference Board, top executives are less worried about the global economy today than they were in 2008.

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MEPs are generally less sceptical about Europe than the party leadership and have been worried about the tone of remarks from their Westminster colleagues.

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But there's another, more sympathetic explanation why European leaders seem less worried about Europe's fiscal cliff than America's: they just don't see an alternative.

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Western intelligence services are less worried about the growing cost to global shipping than the possibility that the pirates may link up with, or turn into, Islamist terrorists.

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Palin's friends should be less immediately worried about what the Obama campaign will do to her than what the McCain campaign will do.

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Abolish planning restrictions far more than has been done and be much less worried about building on the Green Belt.

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Some will see that slower pace as a hint that members of the MPC think this bout of easing will be less powerful than in the past - or perhaps that they are worried about possible negative effects of continuing the policy for so long.

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