Thirty thousand more troops are less than called for and will not turn the tide; arguably they present more American targets for attack.
[New York Times] A company with new kiosks in 7-Eleven stores in Manhattan makes a digital version of your house key and charges $20 for a copy — a bit less than calling a locksmith.
Judge Thomas P. Griesa of Federal District Court in Manhattan ordered the sentence for William Hamilton, the ex-official, after he concluded that decades of public service by Mr. Hamilton justified ordering a prison term somewhat less than called for by federal guidelines.
Moreover, even this figure is $4 billion, 20% less than called for in the June 3 letter.
Text messages offered a solution — texts take up less bandwidth than calls, and are much less affected by network delays.
In the 1980s, Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces had a less-than-hit song called "Down in Mississippi".
For instance, a classical series problem solved with O(1000) importance sampling solver calls by several authors is solved in this paper with less than 40 calls with similar accuracy.
One group made less than five calls and sent less than five text messages per day while the other group made more than 15 calls and sent more than 15 text messages per day.
Abby's father is the comic actor Chris Elliott, whom no less than David Letterman calls "the funniest man on television".
"Employees are secure they won't be blamed for others' mistakes, and we've had less than five calls from unhappy customers".
