They are probably are even less willing to do so today in the name of a Union that is less popular than ever, at least in the British Isles.

Not only is the market economy less popular in France than in all other European countries or the US, but it is less popular than in Russia or in China!

People have become less admiring of Berlusconi, because the hypocrisy has gone too far.

Its youth are less conformist and more demanding, less passive and more pluralistic.

Thirty years after the Islamic revolution, Iranians are growing demonstrably less religious and more liberal.

Russia s economic influence in Afghanistan is far less robust, but it is growing.

That these clogged arteries that you see on the upper left, after only a year become measurably less clogged.

US consumers are shopped out, savings less, and debt burdened.

Thus, the entire geopolitical context is far less threatening than it was in the 1930 s.

The more complex and costly the mechanisms used, the less fit the resistant population will be.

The Mars of the twentieth century is a lot less sure of itself in the twenty first.

Few of the Palestinian bloggers write online using pseudonyms.

The main objective of the regime became the extrication of the country from the war with as little additional damage as possible.

Less common during the Middle Ages, this practice resurfaced during the Renaissance.

But casting aspersions on a nominee s patriotism was the norm in the McCarthy era it is less common today.

When corrected, the effect is substantially smaller, but nonetheless economically consequential.

The economic crisis has left many people far less prosperous, and perhaps less inclined to be ambitious in our efforts to address Europe s security challenges.

Permits that used to sell for more than 30 per ton before the crisis now trade for under 10.

These investment failures have been great for Americans, who owe a lot less to foreigners than they would otherwise.

This source of vulnerability has become less important, owing to tight restrictions imposed since the 1990 s on local governments borrowing capacity.

Cairo is noteworthy because it is expanding in three directions lengthways, extending as far as Wahet Omar in the north and Beni Suef in the south widthways, capturing the governorates of Giza and Qalyoubiya (and some predict that within four years Cairo will occupy Suez, Ismailia, Fayoum and Ain Sokhna) and vertically, with the time needed to demolish a villa and build a residential tower in Cairo now less than eleven hours.

It was only after the Industrial Revolution less than 300 years ago that sugar became more affordable and entered the mainstream diet.

Second, and related, the typical armed conflict has become significantly less formalized.

Also, the broad concept of social development affirmed by all world leaders in Copenhagen has gradually become less comprehensive and has even been severely weakened in global policymaking.

France and the UK were not willing to give up the symbol of their nuclear and international status. They are probably are even less willing to do so today in the name of a Union that is less popular than ever, at least in the British Isles.

In the best of worlds, the US financial sector will emerge from the crisis smaller and more heavily regulated.

The world economy has become less risky as it has recovered from recession, and as banks and households have reduced their debts.

Also, as the possibility of financial incentives for less carbon intensive processes grows, the future of microhydro systems may become more appealing.

The Middle East, always a region of concern for Europe, has become even less stable as a result of the war.

Juvenile offenders The death penalty for juvenile offenders (criminals aged under 18 years at the time of their crime) has become increasingly rare.

After recent events in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, Wall Street analysts are waxing somewhat less optimistically about political stability in emerging countries.

At the very least, there is a crisis of confidence, and, at worst, that lack of confidence is well deserved.

But the availability of long term capital appears to have been impaired, as traditional providers of equity to infrastructure projects, for example, have become less able or willing to invest.

But today, the European Union is stymied by having squandered the chance to build stronger institutions when times were better and tempers less strained.

In fact, fixed business investment as a share of GDP is some 2 lower today than 4 years ago.

Technology democratizes social and political processes and, for better and worse, institutions play less of a mediating role.

The obvious solution to the euro crisis would be a federal solution. But federation has been made less, not more, likely by a crisis that tragically set one proud nation against another.

Male life expectancy is now less than 60 years, owing to alcoholism, crime, drugs, disease, and a dreadful public health system.

Because the food was made smaller, but not less tough, the human jaw shrank too much to adequately fit all of the teeth.

Major oil exporters could then seek to use their now less valuable oil at home as cheap fuel for an expanded heavy industrial sector.

And Europe is an example of that, and people finding that their quality of life improves as they're working less, and also that their hourly productivity goes up.

Thirty years of stable growth without serious crises have made people less aware of the negative consequences of overheating and bubbles.

Denmark and Sweden In Denmark the yellow ribbon has become the more or less official (though not directly officially endorsed by the countries' armed forces) symbol for support of troops in missions.

Feeling like the world is becoming less friendly? Social theorist Jonathan Zittrain begs to difffer. The Internet, he suggests, is made up of millions of disinterested acts of kindness, curiosity and trust.

It is distasteful to put a price on human life, but the more we spend on safety, the less we will have for our other goals.