This isn't tolerable in an age inwhich a high-tech product generation is often less than two years.
And since the sum seized is often less than the legal costs of trying to get it back, many people never try.
Turns out that in many town and villages, excessive levels might have been found on a few parcels (often less than a few acres, owned and tilled by an elderly couple), among dozens or hundreds of larger districts.
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The fees that credit cards generally add to purchases abroad are often less than you'd pay to get cash at currency-exchange kiosks or hotels, which often have poor exchange rates or high commissions, said Fritz Elmendorf, vice president of the Consumer Bankers Association, a national trade group.
In places like Syria and southern Iraq that are now being dried out by the Turkish dams, irrigation is primitive - often involving nothing more than water trucks pumping water out of the Euphrates and driving it over to fields that are often less than a kilometer away.
Women negotiate their first salaries less often than men and they ask for raises less often than men.
However, methodologies and toolkits for comparing social and ethical impacts are often less developed than economic ones.
There is much made about the fact that women are often paid less than men.
Other historians have often been less than kind regarding Pitt's ability to wage war against revolutionary and Napoleonic France.
The report indicates that dam removal is often less costly than dam repair.
Cloned vehicles were moved and sold to buyers in 20 states and several countries, often for less than market value, the FBI said.
Pilots are now dealing with something never experienced before -- a rapid transition from intense combat to home comfort, often in less than an hour.
The Brazilian's form in front of goal has often been less than top quality, and his misdirected header when totally unmarked will not have boosted his chances of remaining at Arsenal after this season.
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Big releases by acts such as Jay-Z or Lil' Wayne can expect to shift somewhere between 600, 000 and 900, 000 copies in their first week, but the number one album often sells less than 200, 000 copies.
Primary-care doctors, such as pediatricians and family physicians, often make less than half of what top-paid specialists like orthopedic surgeons earn, and the idea of changing how they are paid has been around for years.
However, as vouchers often pay less than the cost of educating a single pupil in public schools, they offer a way for a state to make savings in education spending, while increasing choice for parents.
Game changing moments in a MOBA often happen in less than a second and require precision, often with teammates, to orchestrate.
Yet cats have been used in warfare far less often than dogs and horses.
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Right now, it appears it will have to be injected less often than those drugs.
Still, the Bundesliga is often considered less competitive than the English Premier League and Spain's La Liga.
Market movement is often less about reality than what is expected to happen.
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Some evidence suggests that girls with ASD are bullied less often than boys.
Experience from previous natural disasters, such as earthquakes, suggests that they often have less impact than was predicted at the time.
Unfortunately, the Army has in the past often proven a less than reliable sponsoring service for weapons systems that break new technological ground.
It continues to be true that women are hesitant to negotiate and that they negotiate on their own behalves less often than men do.
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She has collected some preliminary evidence that suggests that people with higher guilt proneness actually feel guilty less often than people with lower guilt proneness.
In fact, it occurs less often than male breast cancer does.
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"Automatic renewal was locking some consumers into services that were no longer suitable for their requirements and were often less competitively priced than newer offerings, " he said.
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