The financial panic of late 2008 was as severe, in some ways, as the banking panic of the early 1930s, and for a while key economic indicators – world trade, world industrial production, even stock prices – were falling as fast as or faster than they did in 1929-30.
Again, I'm not as severe in my verdict as Stevens.
According to computed tomography scans, the severity of head injuries was assessed as severe in 60%, moderate in 13% and mild in 27% of the critically ill patients.
Similar findings with respect to severity have been reported with 10% of AEs classified as severe in one study of harm in a paediatric intensive care unit.
Outages won't be as severe in these areas, but they can occur.
He's a powerful, intelligent musician, as severe in Bach as he is sensuous in Debussy.
The proportion assessed as severe in the control group was 63% by the end of six years, compared with 46% in the intervention group.
It has sleek, minimalist storefronts of uniform exterior design, as severe in their own way as the granite facade across the street was when it was built.
The situation was just as severe in the US where the S&P 500 opened sharply lower, taking the index near to its lowest level since 2013.
While Canadian newspapers have been hurt by the rise of the Internet, its impact has not been as severe in Canada as in the United States.
But because so many jobs have already disappeared, the effect on manufacturing still based in the United States may not be as severe in the future -- even the union predicts a loss of 15,000 jobs a year at most.
