The decline in Norwegian growth is still moderate compared with the contractions among other European economies.
Mr. Leahy is viewed as moderate compared with some of his Democratic colleagues on this issue.
Still, the advance was moderate compared with the Dow's 247-point loss over the previous two sessions.
This year's fire season in the West has been low to moderate compared with last year's record season.
Although the typical Chicago-to-Mac features conditions that would be called moderate compared with ocean racing, Lake Michigan often stirs up a real blow.
But he said he had written to Hassan Rouhani, the newly elected president, who is a moderate compared with his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
But Beijing's reaction in both cases was moderate compared with the diatribes that similar actions by Taiwan have drawn in the past.
Still, Beijing's reaction in both cases was moderate compared with the diatribes that similar actions by Taiwan, considered a renegade province by China, have drawn in the past.
Mr. Bush's own message -- that we can all work together, and that partial birth abortion is bad -- sounded stunningly moderate compared with the diatribes from conventions of yore.
The side effects — drowsiness and fogginess — are considered moderate compared with the effects of undergoing general anesthesia, which is typically used for oral surgery and complicated procedures.
Even while acknowledging that there was a "significant increase" in drug-related homicides, Mr. Medina-Mora said the overall level of violence in Mexico remained moderate compared with that in other Latin American countries.
