The more challenging or severe a situation, the more difficult it is to address.
The other big question is the effect of so severe a fiscal clampdown on the economy.
There are two main reasons for the muted response of unemployment to so severe a downturn.
After so severe a financial crisis and recession, it is hardly surprising that the best that Britain can hope for is a feel-bad recovery.
Mr Chavez has not been seen in public since he had further cancer surgery in Cuba in December and is reported to have a severe a respiratory infection.
The Sri Lankan government has stepped in to try to stem a severe shortage of a national staple - coconuts.
Instead of fighting off tuberculosis, people with a severe infection produce a protein which attacks viruses, the journal Science reports.
All three astronauts returned safely to Earth after a severe malfunction caused a mission abort on the way to the moon.
It were Intel and Microsoft that reaped the great big benefits of the booming computer market and not grandfather Big Blue IBM, which ended up in a severe crisis as a result of it.
Those who should not be vaccinated include persons with a severe reaction to a previous flu shot, people who developed Guillain- Barre syndrome within 6 weeks of a flu shot, and children less than 6 months of age.
As was explained by this graph in the first post on this topic, the penalty a team pays due to additional matches is less severe in a single match format than a two-legged format.
The storm, a severe depression known as a "bomb", had not been forecast, said Mr Goss.
The world economy took a severe blow two and a half years ago.
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Restoring the electric grid after a severe power outage is a massively complex exercise that demands logistical expertise, highly-skilled technical workers and specialized equipment.
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If you'll just weigh the entire situation and then put it into perspective as a human being and as a severe mistake, as a ridiculous, disappointing mistake.
He also examined the relationship between malaria and poverty, concluding that a severe malaria problem reduced a country's economic growth by 1.3 percentage points a year, even after other factors such as geography and governance were taken into account.
Fed officials signaled that further cuts are possible if a severe downturn in housing and a crisis in mortgage lending get worse.
Timing is the main factor determining whether a person lives or dies -- or lives with a severe disability -- after a stroke.
There will be a run on several Eurozone banks and a severe recession, or possibly a depression will ensue, spreading across much of the region.
Although in some cases, dark thoughts can be a severe and debilitating symptom of a postpartum anxiety or depressive disorder, usually they are just an unpleasant part of normal adjustment.
If they're not part of that 90 percent who agree that we should make it harder for a criminal or somebody with a severe mental illness to buy a gun, then you should ask them, why not?
Mr Previti might have had a more severe sentence but for a loophole in the law.
The most seriously injured passenger suffered a severe head wound by falling down a stairwell.
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And so therefore the data issues are less severe than a lot of people would paint them to be.
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They turned out to be so severe that a tornado warning was issued.
This risk becomes even more severe if a mission-critical environment could be impacted.
"We are cautiously optimistic that this particular strain will not be more severe than a normal seasonal flu outbreak, " Napolitano said.
Almost three-quarters of them (73%) reported having moderate or severe pain a year after discharge, while 44% were significantly anxious or depressed.
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Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction that can cause a person's airways to become constricted, and can lead to cardiac arrest and death.
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