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  • The less-severe winds mean the damage from Irene won't be as serious as first feared.

    Northern Landfall Puts Storm on Map Robert Lee Hotz 2011

  • After one quarter of less-severe contraction, the economy expanded for nine straight quarters.

    Paul Tullis: Tax Cut = Growth? Actually Not So Much Paul Tullis 2011

  • The Robert Koch Institute, which is funded by the German health ministry and is tracking numbers for all of Germany, reported 97 additional severe cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 470 severe E. coli infections and an additional 1,064 less-severe cases.

    Spain Is Fighting Back in E. coli Outbreak David Román 2011

  • In a less-severe scenario, in which the plant has access to backup battery power for four hours, the operator was able to prevent core damage.

    Nuclear Agency Tests Pennsylvania Plant Tennille Tracy 2011

  • NCIS investigators will present the results of their investigation to Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, the head of Marine Corps Forces Central Command, who will decide whether to lodge criminal charges through court-martial proceedings or begin the process of seeking less-severe administrative punishments.

    Marines' Training Gets Scrutiny After Video Julian E. Barnes 2012

  • The Robert Koch Institute, which is funded by the German health ministry and is tracking numbers for all of Germany, reported 97 additional severe cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 470 severe E. coli infections and an additional 1,064 less-severe cases.

    Spain Is Fighting Back in E. coli Outbreak David Román 2011

  • In children aged five to 17 months, the vaccine lowered the risk of contracting clinical malaria, a less-severe form of the disease, by 56%, when compared with a placebo during the 12 months after vaccination.

    Malaria Vaccine Trial Shows Promise Betsy McKay 2011

  • Others are meant to cover a less-severe hit in a broader area, and that is what we have Friday.

    Quake Unnerves 'Cat Bond' Holders Katy Burne 2011

  • Seventeen additional spectators received less-severe injuries.

    Probe Looks at Why Truck Crashed 2010

  • Starting with the release of stress-test results last Friday, the sector has enjoyed a string of good news, including strong earnings from UBS and Deutsche Bank Tuesday as well as less-severe liquidity and capital rules coming out of the Basel III bank-reform negotiations late Monday.

    U.S. Data Cap European Stocks 2010

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