Less assured than the tall, wide-shouldered man in the lead, Cobb followed alertly, a hand on his gun butt.

Less dazzling than Hamilton, less eloquent than Jefferson, John Jay commands an equally high rank among the Founding Fathers.

Less than half the sum has been spent, since the Interama board pinched pennies during that period of painstaking negotiations.

Less than three hours ago we'd decided, in Maxine Wells's pad on Cosmo, to commit a trial murder.

Less than 35 minutes into the flight, the hijackers stormed the cockpit and forced the passengers, crew, and pilots to the rear of the aircraft.

Less than 20 miles downstream from the dam sat the city of Johnstown.

Less than a year after retiring as a player, the Blues retired number 24 in his honor on March 16, 1992.

Less than a week after the government report, a boy was walking by the River Fowey when he discovered a large cat skull.

Less than a month after his controversial instruction to the unit, Smyth was shot dead by an IRA party led by Dan " Sandow " O ' Donovan.

Less than a month later, on September 11, 1973, the Chilean military deposed Allende, who shot himself in the head to avoid capture as the Presidential Palace was surrounded and bombed.

Less than a year after Havana was seized, the Peace of Paris was signed by the three warring powers, ending the Seven Years ' War.

Less than 1 % of all runway models are known to make more than $ 1000 dollars USD for every fashion showcase.

Less than one-quarter of them were regicides.

Less than 0. 1 % of an oral dose is eliminated unchanged in the 24 hour urine of humans.

Less than a week after the Westminster convention ended, while Allen and the committee worked on their petition, the American Revolutionary War began.

Less than one-half of Ethiopia ’ s towns and cities are connected to the national grid.

Less than a hundred years later, Aristotle developed an almost " biological ' theory of the development of tragedy in Athens: according to this view, the art form grew under the influence of Aeschylus, matured in the hands of Sophocles then began its precipitous decline with Euripides.

* Full Truckload, a standard logistics / transportation term: See Less than truckload

Less than 10 % of the formal labor force and less than 7 % of export revenue come from the agriculture sector.

Less than two years after its U. S release, King Kong vs. Godzilla was paid homage to by DC Comics, where the King Kong-like Titano battles the Godzilla-like Flame Dragon on the set of a monster movie.

Less than 10 % are Christians, mostly Roman Catholics.

Less respect for the legal conventions was displayed by Castro's right hand man, Che Guevara, who edified the Inter-American Economic and Social council meeting in Montevideo by reading two secret American documents purloined from the United States embassy at Caracas, Venezuela.

Less ambitious freeway plans may be more successful -- especially when the roadways and interchanges are raised, allowing for cross access at many points and providing parking areas below the ramp.

Less than two days after arriving, Parsons died on September 19, 1973, in Joshua Tree, California, at the age of 26 from an overdose of morphine and alcohol.

** Infra-red I / O: Less than 2 m distance at 45 °

Less common are bara — larger, often heavily muscled and sometimes hairy males, the yaoi counterpart of the " bear " in gay pornography — as well as oyaji ( meaning " daddy " or " uncle "), featuring middle-aged and elderly men ; these types are mainly found in material aimed at gay men, which may be called bara or ' men's love ' ( ML ), and is considered to be distinct from yaoi.

Less than a month later, Pei suspended his work at Harvard to join the National Defense Research Committee, which coordinated scientific research into US weapons technology during World War II.

Less than a seventh the size of Mongolia, at 199, 951 square kilometers, Kyrgyzstan is one of the smaller Central Asian states.

Less than a month after Sentimental Journey was published, early in 1768, Sterne's strength failed him, and he died in his lodgings at 41 Old Bond Street on the 18 March, at the age of 54.

Less than ten percent falls as snow at sea level but the amount of snowfall increases significantly with elevation.

Less radical protests are also discussed, such as the various movements aimed at putting an end to sweatshop labour.

Less commonly, a surface may absorb some portion of the light and fluorescently re-emit the light at a longer wavelength colour in a random direction, though this is rare enough that it can be discounted from most rendering applications.

Less controversially, one of the earliest devices recorded that used internal-combustion rocket propulsion, was the ' ground-rat ,' a type of firework recorded in 1264 as having frightened the Empress-Mother Kung Sheng at a feast held in her honor by her son the Emperor Lizong.

Less horizontal thrust results in taking longer to reach orbit, and gravity losses are increased by at least 300 meters per second.

Less than a year after it reopened, Global Advanced Metals announced that due to again "... softening tantalum demand ...", and other factors, tantalum mining operations were to cease at the end of February 2012.

Less noticed at the time was his practice of replacing the trees he'd felled with newly planted saplings.

Less than three years later, Henry was in command of part of the English forces — he led his own army into Wales against Owain Glyndŵr and joined forces with his father to fight Harry Hotspur at Shrewsbury in 1403.

Less experienced players tend to underrate the bishop compared to the knight because the knight can reach all squares and is more adept at forking.

Less pigmented by retinal iodopsins ( three forms / colors in humans ), responsible for color vision and sensing relatively high light intensities ( day vision ), are less impaired at early stages of the vitamin A deficiency.

Although Nouvelle Résistance at first opposed the " national conservatives " of Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front, it changed strategy, adopting the slogan " Less Leftism!

* Less efficient than reciprocating engines at idle speed

Less than a year later, remains of Jack Lemmon ( who died of colon and bladder cancer ) were buried at the same cemetery.

Less than three weeks after Stamford Bridge, on 14 October, Harold was defeated and killed at the Battle of Hastings, beginning the Norman Conquest of England, and ending the Anglo-Saxon era.

Less than two weeks after his defeat in the Arc, Nijinsky ran his last race in the Champion Stakes oven ten furlongs at Newmarket.