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 60-1, but at least 6-1.

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.

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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 than a decade later, with labor costs significantly reducing its townsite profit, the mill sold most of the homes and other buildings it owned, and Potlatch was incorporated.

Less than a decade after the first colony was established, the settlers discovered that their chosen planet was subject to periodic attack from space by the destructive Thread, a spaceborne spore that destroys organic substances on contact.

Less than a decade later, he became Chief Justice, when selected by then Taoiseach, Seán Lemass.

Less than a decade after the development of the first practical rotorcraft of any type with the autogyro, in the Soviet Union, Boris N. Yuriev and Alexei M. Cheremukhin, two aeronautical engineers working at the Tsentralniy Aerogidrodinamicheskiy Institut ( TsAGI,, ), constructed and flew the TsAGI 1-EA single rotor helicopter, which used an open tubing framework, a four blade main rotor, and twin sets of 1. 8-meter ( 6-foot ) diameter anti-torque rotors ; one set of two at the nose and one set of two at the tail.

Less than a decade later the Regional Transportation Authority was already suffering from ongoing financial problems.

Less than a decade later, the curriculum was expanded to include a four-year course of study in secondary education.

Less than a decade later however, 1892, three more mergers took place and the institution became the Derby Municipal Technical College.

Less than a decade after it was founded, the university was forced to evacuate following the Mukden Incident on 18 September 1931.

Less than a decade later in 1886, the station officially became known as " New Eltham ".

Less than a decade earlier, he seemed set for major honours in the game when he joined Liverpool.

Less than a decade after opening here however, following a review of its future, owners Unilever UK & Ireland decided to cease trading at the shop.

Less than a decade after developing the journal for Music Educators National Conference ( MENC ), he became its president from 1960 to 1962.

Less than a decade later, the Largo de São Roque was formed, and the beginning of the construction of new church and residences of the Society of Jesus were initiated.

Less than a decade later, the Ashleys ' slave, Elizabeth " Mum Bett " Freeman won her freedom under the new state constitution through a celebrated 1781 Massachusetts state court battle.

Less than a decade later, the Sultanate of Sulu came under the control of Spain and was forced to sign a document giving all of the Sultan's Properties in Palawan and Sulu — excluding Northern Borneo — to Spain.

Less than two months later, Monroe was found dead in her home.

Less than a month later, the Reichstag building was set on fire.

Less than seven weeks later, on 25 March, Bruce was crowned as King.

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 year later, however, an artistic goof resulted in Luthor being depicted as completely bald in a newspaper strip.

Less than 12 hours later, Indian paratroopers arrived on Hulele, causing some of the mercenaries to flee toward Sri Lanka in their freighter.

Less than three weeks later, on November 18, 1903, the Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty was signed between Frenchman Philippe Bunau-Varilla, who had promptly been appointed Panamanian ambassador to the United States, representing Panamanian interests, and the United States Secretary of State John Hay.

Less than 20 years later, Europeans came to Australia and began creating pottery.

Less than three weeks later, Nurmi retired from running with a 10, 000 m victory in Viipuri on 16 September 1934.

Less than a year later, exhausted and possibly depressed, she left for England to start a new life.

Less than two years later on the infamous Black Wednesday of September 1992, the pound sterling crashed out of the system after the pound fell below the agreed exchange rate with the Deutsche Mark.

Less than two months later, on 19 July, Falcone's co-worker and friend, magistrate Paolo Borsellino was killed by a car bomb in via D ' Amelio, Palermo, in front of his mother's house.

Less than an hour later they are found in an abandoned car near the museum.

Less than forty years later, nearly one-third were in an adoptive home.

Less than a year later, on 11 December 1936, Edward abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American, whom neither the Church of England nor the Dominion governments would accept as Queen.

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 expensive anamorphic systems such as Panavision and the more expensive 70 mm format became standard during the later 1950s and 1960s.

Less successful efforts included The Critic, which starred Jon Lovitz from Saturday Night Live ( originally airing on ABC then moved to Fox before being canceled ), and The PJs, ( which was later broadcast on The WB ).

Less than a year later, on 11 December 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry his mistress, Wallis Simpson, who was divorced from her first husband and divorcing her second.

Less than an hour later, the Manola passed through.

Less than a tenth of the force had survived the expedition, but Anson's achievements helped establish his name and wealth in Britain, leading to his later appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty.

Less than two months later, in elections to the European parliament, Labour support slumped further, and Plaid Cymru came within 2. 5 % of achieving the largest share of the vote in Wales.

Less than a month later, on 28 June 1775, Chief Justice William Hey wrote to the Lord Chancellor from Quebec: