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Indeed, it is possible that, over the next few decades, the net effect of such a dash could be marginally more warming.

Fitch Ratings said the hostilities are within the bounds of 'marginally increased risk' as North Korea goes through a leadership transition.

Marginally useful as the trade deals may be, they hardly add up to a "strategic association" between the two continents.

For a happy film, there was no improvement in mood, and the difference between chocolate and water was only marginally significant.

That, says, Mike Hough of Birkbeck College in London, has only marginally increased the public's role in setting police priorities.

Cooptation: A story that is only marginally newsworthy in its own right may be covered if it is related to a major running story.

Better perhaps to raise the cost of Chinese exports, however marginally, than to let Congress do it by imposing emergency tariffs.

But after he made a marginally ambiguous statement about taxes, Mr Norquist jumped on the phone.

However, they do not sell as they are marginally better than the current technology at a much higher price.

Central banks could raise gold holdings marginally, he said, but sizeable purchases could cause an earthquake in the market.

If official statistics are to be believed, prices have so far fallen only marginally, but they are expected to come down further.

But the bank's analytical breakdown of the figures leaves a marginally less alarming scenario.

It is not by choosing a phone with a marginally lower SAR, it says, but rather by holding the cellphone "away from the head or body. "

Still, Google's statement that the deal was 'marginally accretive on a non-GAAP basis' has to be taken with a grain of salt.

It was Serena who was looking marginally the more confident though, hitting four aces in her first three service games.

It would be best for trade (and only marginally costly for the environment) if there were no carbon-based tax adjustments.

The person close to the situation says he suspects Changan may be marginally interested in having the application approved.

With less gold, the IMF would be marginally less secure, but still far from financial fragility .

The combination of marginally positive equity market performance, light ETF flows, led to a freefall in gold prices.

This was marginally less of a seasonal decline than projected by this Report last month.

If you're concerned with space, however, it is not the most efficient serialization format (only marginally better than XML).

The null hypothesis that these variables have no effect is typically only marginally rejected at conventional levels.

Production is raised marginally, as an increase for China more than offsets reductions for Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

"We have seen very low volume on the upside and also marginally higher volume on the downside, which is also concerning, " he said.

Because everything takes place in memory, as illustrated in Figure 2, it is marginally more efficient.

The UK scores marginally better on employment, but the difference is not as large as the respective national unemployment figures suggest.

The Defense Department is only marginally concerned with the effects of foreign competition on the machine-tool industry.

Perry notes that procrastinators rarely do nothing; they do marginally useful things as a way of avoiding more important things.

These were only marginally increased over Qing tax rates, and were far lower than they would be under subsequent governments.

Wade's a slightly better scorer, a hugely superior rebounder and a marginally better passer and defender.

You could also make another list of the things you are only marginally interested in.

And divorced women were marginally, by 10 percentage points, more likely than married women to have returned to full-time work.

Of all the algorithms Bouncy Castle offers, only the RSA algorithm offers marginally acceptable performance on wireless devices.

If the unemployment rate were expanded to include all marginally attached workers, it would have been 11 percent in August.

Stocks initially fell further on Friday but closed marginally higher as investors saw the rate hike as a sign of strength in the economy.

For the moment they are expanding their loan portfolios only marginally.

Mr Zhou's remarks offer the faintest hint that Beijing may consider convertibility marginally sooner than many have been assuming.

The serious incident is officially classified in international aviation terms as "controlled flight into terrain only marginally avoided" .

The raven prophet seemed to relax marginally and smiled at her, squeezing her shoulder.

Unfortunately my commitment to our business is still marginally higher than my commitment to fucking around.

In fact, in 10 years' time the yuan will probably play only a marginally more important role in global affairs than it does today.

The rating cut is expected to increase New Zealand's borrowing costs, although marginally as global yields fell on a bleak outlook.

This means less clicking through the result list if the search is likely to return many marginally relevant results.

The addition of new scalar rules in a rule set usually only increases its execution time marginally.

Bank lending grew marginally in July. On the ground, loan sharks are again thriving, indicating that the banks are indeed tightening.

Human Rights Watch, a New York-based lobby that has had marginally better access to the Saudi authorities, was refused permission to attend.

U. S. stock indexes ended marginally higher as the benign inflation report offset investors' negative view of the discount rate hike.

Nothing like that has shown up in America: the BPP's daily inflation rate only marginally overshoots the official measure.

I am (marginally) more careful at home, but as soon as I walk through the office doors I become a child, a free rider.

In other words, a larger turbine could have a marginally larger diameter, yet produce twice as much electricity per annum.

British 17 pounder AT gun has its range increased marginally to account for the size of its emplacement.

Perhaps it is more appropriate to say, "Let the'marginally better' times roll. "

Lower interest rates have relieved the burden somewhat and stimulus packages have reduced unemployment marginally.

As for other transportation companies: CLSA says container shippers will be marginally impacted by a changing yuan.

Only time will tell, but in any case the distance of this star probably means it's only marginally interesting for Icarus.

By contrast, his predecessor and bitter rival Tony Blair came third in the list of success, only marginally behind Margaret Thatcher.

Number of marginally trusted signatures needed to make a key valid.

Studies reveal that MBO positively affects the operational cash flow, but marginally on other financial indicators.

If banks respond to the latest official measures, credit should ease marginally for smaller companies in coming months.

The relative strengths of UK universities vis-a-vis their international peers vary only marginally and incrementally year on year.

Even the organic lamb on sale in the farmers' market marginally undercuts the poisoned produce the big chains sell.

But efforts to pressure China to appreciate its currency and boost domestic demand have proved only marginally effective.

many of those journeys are essential, but others achieve only marginally more than a telephone call or videoconference.

Once the market had digested the Fed's stance, it was only marginally less optimistic about the likelihood of lower rates.

Growth has fallen precipitously in recent months and the economy may even be contracting, yet inflation has declined only marginally.

British officers and Recon squads have their camouflage detection increased marginally.

Some analysts remain skeptical and predict the market will only recover marginally by the middle of next year.

Adding the qualifier "in Europe" reduced the snickering only marginally.

There are marginally more boys than girls in schools, but most classes in mixed schools are almost equally split between the genders.

In some cases the figure is slightly off-center, or at a marginally different angle, offering further shades of meaning and interpretations.

Another Brown cross almost prompted an own-goal from Doherty, before Gill headed marginally wide from the resultant corner.

We may still be marginally smarter and more polite in the office, but it's a matter of degree.

That PetroChina's withdrawal might force EnCana to cut spending is therefore marginally supportive of gas prices.

Investment grade bonds marginally under perform governments.

Steinfeld's book explains why even such reforms separate Asian economies from Western ones only marginally.

Firms may also choose to cannibalise their own products by producing marginally improved products.

Hotels should try to marginally increase rates and evaluate the impact on volume.

Employment growth was negative in Chinese agriculture and marginally positive in Indian.

A recent World Bank study of poor-world farmers found that many of them engaged with markets only marginally.

The share of national income claimed by central and northern provinces has grown only marginally in recent years.

Fairly good wear resistance , primarily or small and marginally medium- sized drawing dies .

These devices may make the sport marginally safer, but they certainly don't make it any less extreme.

In June this year, Beijing finally agreed to loosen the peg - marginally - after months of US pressure.

The resultant encoded text will be stripped of spaces, numbers and punctuation, making it (marginally) more difficult to decode.

It marginally slows things down only when saving a file, but it's very fast when you actually click Run or Debug.

But the chances of the country skidding to an untimely halt are only marginally less remote.

Security and the prospect of higher salaries may make an academic career look marginally more attractive.

For much of 2008 these markets seemed only marginally affected by the slowdown in the developed West.

The US Department of Energy reported Cushing stocks were 41. 9m barrels last week, marginally below record inventories the week before.

Layers were and are a lifesaver for any marginally complex design.

That alarmed their regulators since Basel 2 was meant to reduce some banks' capital cushions only marginally and increase others.

Still marginally preferably to breaking rocks and getting bummed in the showers, I should think.

While Tokyo's Nikkei ended slightly down at -0. 2 per cent, most other markets around the world closed marginally higher.

The Irish, Finns and Portuguese were only marginally less welcome abroad, with visa-free travel available to 156 countries.

A 126% increase in fuel prices last October catapulted inflation to 18%, while wages increased only marginally .

Most papers have cut back on distribution to remote areas or putting copies in the hands of people only marginally interested.

P& C insurers, however, were only marginally more optimistic this year than last.

Another is that it is only marginally less addictive than crack cocaine.

Small endowments with assets of less than $1bn had returns of 8. 3 per cent, marginally under-performing institutions.

One result of bail-outs is that global over-capacity remains a big problem, making many companies marginally profitable at best.

Prices were only marginally less in other large business districts of Tokyo.

O(log n) behavior is measurably slower, but only marginally for very large task counts.

Danger Benayoun's right-side cross floats marginally over the leaping Zamora in front of goal.

French business confidence has also risen and the mood in Italy has deteriorated only marginally, according to separate surveys.

But don't let a marginally faster airport experience lull you into complacency.

Spreads on Greek bonds narrowed marginally this week as the markets turned their attention to Portugal and Spain (see article).

Also, putting up sexy, cute, or marginally attractive profile pictures that non-friends can see might lead to unwanted poking.

The features are only marginally significant at 95% level on a statistical basis.

Results. Transpedicular technique generated significantly higher IT than the pars screws and marginally greater IT than intralaminar screws.

This may mean marginally more calorie expenditure each day.

The company's net loss widened marginally to 25. 5 billion yen.

Economists expect housing prices to sink further this year and to rise only marginally in 2012, according to a Reuters poll.

It looks cool and is marginally working.

That sounds marginally near to an accusation.

Pet speed increases marginally with each level.

But they can only marginally reduce, not eliminate the hazards.

Gina's grades have improved marginally since last term.

Yet Saab has lost money for years and Volvo has been only marginally profitable.

While Ireland's situation is marginally better, there are justified doubts about the country's long-term solvency.

[The People's Bank of China] has already marginally loosened liquidity by open market operation in October.

Each civilian that is brought successfully to the Navy Transport now reduces difficulty marginally.

The FAO's price index for oils and fats rose marginally to 279 points in February, just below the peak recorded in June 2008.

The signature is valid and the key is marginally trusted.

The features are not only marginally significant at 95% level on a statistical basis.

The HTC EVO, with a height and width marginally bigger than a typical 3. 5 inch screen phone, somehow fits a 4. 3 inch screen on it.

That training was marginally useful for learning how to mask nervousness in public.

Governments use industrial-policy tools only marginally more competently than in the past, says Christian Ketels of Harvard Business School.

Moreover, for the first time in 2009, his best lap of the race was marginally quicker than former double world champion Alonso's.

The overall amount of oil produced rose marginally in 2007, after remaining flat in 2006.

More importantly in the Chinese context, money supply growth is also slowing, albeit marginally.

The fund has outperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets index year-to-date, up marginally by 0. 45%.

Sales on Daimler's home turf slipped marginally and in the US, the firm's second largest market, sales grew only by 1. 8%.

Are "marginally useful things" what we're really here to accomplish?

We expect exports to fall by 19% over the course of 2009, and to recover only marginally in 2010.

Exam fever in China is older than gunpowder, and only marginally less volatile.

The jobless rate dipped marginally in December to 6. 5 per cent.

In China, 45% rated Brazil's influence as positive, but only marginally fewer, 41%, rated it negatively.

AgBank's Shanghai traded shares closed at 2. 69 yuan Friday, up marginally from the listing price of 2. 68 yuan.

A gas horn is marginally lower at 121. 4 decibels.

If a test marginally passes, but some things dont fully work, you can say 70% pass, 30% fail by using the weight sliders.

And it's marginally faster to add 0. 5 twice than to add 1. Could that possibly be?

Last year the OECD's governments ran a combined deficit of 7. 9% of GDP, and this year it is likely to be only marginally less.

The three-month Treasury bill by late trading yielded 0. 03 percent, up marginally from 0. 02 percent late Monday.

It is pencilling in (marginally more modest) growth of 7. 6-7. 7 per cent this year and next.

The growth in fixed-asset investment was larger than expected and marginally higher than its average for all of last year.

That is marginally below December 2009's figure of $603 trillion, but far lower than the record $684 trillion outstanding in June 2008.

Analysed by currency, Hong Kong dollar denominated loans increased marginally, while foreign currency loans declined moderately in January.

Germany has more unemployed today than three months ago. In Japan, unemployment rate has marginally come down.

This year's profits were marginally higher than last year's.

analysed by currency , hong kong dollar loans declined marginally while foreign currency loans expanded.

secondary school remains the preserve of a minority , and average age at marriage has risen only marginally

Experts: Voluntary Programs Only Marginally Effective in Curbing Greenhouse Gases

auricles unequal, oblong or sometimes narrowly lanceolate, adaxially and marginally with undulate slender setae;

India's Runaway Economic Growth Expected to Slow Down Marginally

share price is marginally up

Basal leaves with petiole 6-9 mm, abaxially and marginally brown crisped glandular villous;

Basal leaves with petiole 1. 2-3 cm, abaxially and marginally pale brown villous;