U.S. global maritime requirements are likely to increase, rather than decrease in the future.

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Yet, much of what society does has been to increase rather than decrease their desperation.

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If anything, the authors conclude, persistent smoking may increase rather than decrease the rate of onset of dementia.

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European governments might reduce taxes on fuel, but that would actually increase demand for crude rather than decrease it.

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This came down to his simple idea that we need to increase (rather than decrease) our use of technology to solve the problem of sourcing conflict free minerals for our gadgets.

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"Rather than any decrease in commitment there has been a marked increase in resources in the drive to deliver continuous improvement in public safety, " the spokesperson went on.

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Saying "later" rather than "never" may help decrease the frequency of cravings, she adds.

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Well, it turns out that the highly significant association between an increase in price and a decrease in death is rather more complicated than the academic and media summaries would have you believe.

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There have been reports that the Blackberry outage there last week coincided with a 40% decrease in traffic accidents, with speculation that drivers were focused on the road rather than on their bricked phones.

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