That made the crisis more severe than any since World War II.

More than one third of patients with cancer pain describe the pain as moderate or severe.

In the United States, farmers are experiencing the most severe drought in more than a half century.

The current drought covering much of East Africa far more severe than past droughts has been directly associated with climate change.

PRINCETON The world is confronted by a dramatic financial crisis that many policymakers believe is more severe than the interwar Great Depression.

But the downturn will be a more severe test for the euro than any that it faced during its first ten years.

2. Each State Party may adopt more strict or severe measures than those provided for by this Convention for preventing and combating corruption.

Common causes of ILI include the common cold and influenza, which tends to be less common but more severe than the common cold.

This contraction has become even more severe since then.

6. Expresses concern that the territorial Government is facing severe fiscal problems, which has resulted in an accumulated debt of more than one billion dollars

3. Each State Party may adopt more strict or severe measures than those provided for by this Convention for preventing and combating transnational organized crime.

6. Expresses concern that the territorial Government is facing severe fiscal problems, which has resulted in an accumulated debt of more than 1 billion dollars

The country has the world s most severe HIV problem, with some 5.6 million citizens more than 10 of the population currently living with the virus.

Those with more severe underlying disease have more frequent exacerbations in mild disease 1.8 per year, moderate 2 to 3 per year, and severe 3.4 per year.

But the impact on poor countries is far more severe.

This problem is particularly severe when the up front action that seals the commitment has short term benefits that are more attractive than burning the ship.

The problem is that one is now seeing armed forces operating in climatic areas which may be more severe than their weapons have been tested to.

Is Europe s current crisis severe and dislocating enough to generate an analogous effect? The more Europe suffers, the more its people will correctly perceive an incrementalist agenda for reform as nothing more than an exercise in futility.

None of these risks implies that the monetary union will inevitably be a victim of this severe economic downturn. But the downturn will be a more severe test for the euro than any that it faced during its first ten years.

According to an online poll conducted by Weibo, more than 99 of respondents, among the 1,920 people who had participated as of 12 pm, May 18), believe that more severe punishment is needed.

Still, it must be noted that negative output growth for more than two years is a relatively rare event, even in the aftermath of severe banking crises.

Things can come unstuck when one is forced to operate weapons in regions environments that are more severe than the weapons have been designed and tested for.

Stand up, he saying, in an even stronger, more severe tone.

But the West s key features, democracy and the rule of law, have taken a far more severe battering at the hands of their defenders than by their attackers.

To avoid the severe risks that would result from a rise in global average temperature of more than 2 C, we must get atmospheric concentrations below 450 ppm.

Surely a more competent administration would be worried about addressing these more severe and urgent fiscal problems.

In the short term, the situation in Germany is less severe than in France.

The sea has a severe climate with temperatures below 0 C (32 F) over more than 9 months per year, low water salinity, scarcity of flora, fauna and human population, and low depths (mostly less than 50 meters).

Advocates of the EU s policy often argue that we should pursue such policies nonetheless, because there is a risk that global warming will be much more severe than currently expected.

The InterAction Council, comprising more than 30 former heads of state or government, has called for urgent action to prevent some countries battling severe water shortages from becoming failed states.

In the 1990s Russia suffered an economic downturn that was, in some ways, more severe than the United States or Germany had undergone six decades earlier in the Great Depression.

Lack of communication and often leads way to more severe socio political problems.

If this analysis proves correct, it implies that Japan s reconstruction challenge will be more difficult than after the Kobe earthquake. Negative wealth and income effects this time around will be more severe, and the recovery process will probably take longer and be more complex.

More than 20 of all firms, in countries as diverse as Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Estonia, and Zambia, rate inadequate skills and education of workers as a major or a severe obstacle.

Severe preeclampsia involves a blood pressure greater than 160 110, with additional medical signs and symptoms.

It killed more than 70 and injured more than 100 people.

Nuclear weapons would make the threat posed by the Iranian regime all the more severe.

And experts worry that the novel H1N1 virus could mutate into a more severe strain.

The restrictions became more severe in the Gaza Strip, where the conflict intensified during 2004.

The achievement of this goal requires a complete understanding of the fact that women constitute more than half of the Greek population (52 ) and face severe obstacles in their social and economic integration.

The achievement of this aim requires a complete understanding of the fact that women constitute more than half of the Greek population (52 ) and face severe obstacles in their social and economic integration.

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He looks more reassuring than Sarkozy and sounds more competent than Royal.

Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

There are more Muslims in China than in Europe, more practicing Protestants than in England, and more practicing Catholics than in Italy.