The president chose General Petraeus, a media-savvy, ambitious officer, instead of lesser-known figures who might have had more trouble stepping in to such a volatile situation.
Mr. Seifert was indicted instead on lesser charges of coercion, receiving a bribe and official misconduct.
This effectively ends the politics of fear, and lets people vote for the greater good, instead of the lesser evil.
Malcolm Turnbull has said the Liberal National party candidate for Longman, Trevor Ruthenberg, made an "honest mistake" in claiming to have won a medal for distinguished military service instead of a lesser honour for long service.
When a high-quality junior teacher is laid off instead of a lesser, more experienced colleague, "the result is classroom disruption on two fronts," he wrote.
It's generally safer to stick to well-known and reputable travel sites to book your itinerary think Expedia, Travelocity -- instead of smaller, lesser known sites that may pop up in Google Adwords.
The old recommendation that you buy a few good things instead of many lesser things still has much validity, however, since most collectors tend to get more selective as they gain experience.
When it was released, many conservationists criticised the plan for focusing instead on lesser threats, such nitrogen run-off and crown of thorns starfish outbreaks.
Instead of helping lesser-known candidates, as supporters said it would, the vouchers simply propped up incumbents and those who already had substantial fundraising apparatuses.
Instead, frequent applications of lesser amounts of heat may inhibit a cancer cell's ability to repair itself and help enhance the power of radiation and chemotherapy to destroy the cancer.
