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Misdemeanors are offenses of a less serious nature and are punishable by a fine or imprisonment in a county or local jail.

But China's addiction to coal could have no less serious consequences over the coming decades.

Only control-freaks and some others with a less serious mental disability fail to understand this.

In that case the infringement ought to be regarded as much less serious than the Commission believed it to be.

Nevertheless, enterprising British geeks have been exploring less serious applications for the Oyster Card over the past few years.

Like other forms of PDT, the light patch treatment is only suitable for less serious forms of skin cancer.

The market's new front might well have been Spain, whose underlying problems are by no means less serious.

But for people who said they felt happy during the research period, their illness are less serious and lasted for a shorter time.

I do not agree that rape is less serious than any other heinous felony.

More serious conversations should be in person. Less serious issues can be handled via phone or email.

The Panic of 1890 was an acute depression, although less serious than other panics of the era.

Forgoing food for a short time also was found to help a less serious condition: jet lag.

Third, the ability to innovate is too lower, led to most enterprises brand less serious varieties of low-level redundant directly.

As we all know, passive smoking is nothing less serious than "active" smoking.

But suspensions for less serious, nonthreatening behavior have become routine in recent decades, with disastrous consequences.

Administrative sanctions may be given where the circumstances are less serious.

Let's turn to something a little less serious for a moment.

This is no less serious than the American War of Independence or the War Between the States.

When people communicate over email or short messages, everything is much more relaxed, less serious, and this helps the sweet words flow.

While intestinal bleeding was serious, research suggested that aspirin increased the risk only of less serious cases, said Prof Elwood.

A similar (although less serious) situation prevailed in Syria and Iran, marked by significant declines in agricultural output.

Other drawbacks, though less serious, still mean that temping for most graduates is exactly what its name implies ---- a temporary choice.

For this reason, the foundation continues to protect the privacy of scientists whose misconduct is less serious.

The result, eight people were killed eight, one passenger was critically wounded and six others hospitalized with less serious injuries.

There are, of course, other less serious ways of linking to and, when required, debunking history, whether personal or more universal.

Depression or symptoms of the origin of the less serious, you can self-treatment. 5 psychologists point out that self-treatment methods.

They may be no less serious than traditional courses, but they certainly cover new academic ground.

The problem is somewhat less serious after the improvement of the financial indexes.

High Court judges hear the most serious cases, while circuit judges and recorders hear the less serious cases.

These coffee "defects" are less serious, but harm the potential of the coffee.

but they would have far less serious results were they not conducted with borrowed money.

Perils of another sort and no less serious were awaiting them, perchance.

Two passengers were hospitalized in critical condition, while injuries to the 11 others were less serious.

Being less serious, she introduced the idea of free love into married life.

First of all, the fiscal side of the crisis is less serious in Nevada.

Mr. Crawford: I'll be less serious if you get to the office on time.

There's a natural tendency for programmers and managers to rate bugs as less serious than they are.

Why should buying a new winter coat be any less serious than, say, choosing a new car?

Their injuries are described as less serious.

In less serious situations, bivvie bags have a number of other practical uses.

Falls: Nearly 47 000 children fall to their deaths every year, but hundreds of thousands more sustain less serious injuries from a fall.

However, an alert is less serious than a travel warning.

Significant increases were recorded in crimes which were of less serious nature such as general robberies, thefts and deception.

Less Serious Business Impact.

Messages are less serious than errors.

The hurricane became a less serious tropical storm when its winds died down.

It may take 2 years before the allergy may get less serious.

These are less serious times, when adolescent attitudes can persist well into middle age and beyond.

In some ways, JPMorgan's case is less serious than that of Goldman.

In Japan, those with colds or other less-serious illnesses are often given fluids, nutrients or antibiotics intravenously.

Ditto less serious things such as the clothes we wear and the music we listen to.

At first glance, the problem was less serious.

Results show: The problems in key middle schools are far less serious than that in common middle schools.

The less serious forms of leukemia take about three years to treat at a cost of 80, 000 ($12, 184) to 100, 000 yuan ($15, 230).

Of course, the closer the economy is to full employment, the less serious is this disparity .

The influenza viruses detected in Shenzhen were type B, less serious than the type A strain found in Hong Kong.

Have a far less serious effect on