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.

* 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 than expected sales of the album ( more than two million ) and no further developments in the production of the film as a result brought the project to an indefinite hiatus in February 2001 and Gaines quickly faded into obscurity.

Less than half the expected visitors came to the city for the Bicentennial, but the event helped revive the identity of the city, inspiring annual neighborhood events and fairs.

Less certain too, if there are effectively few subjective prior observations, and thereby a more nearly minimal total of pseudocounts, giving fewer effective observations, and so a greater estimated variance in expected value, and probably a less accurate estimate of that value.

Less than a year after the line opened, the State Rail Authority stated that " patronage has been lower than expected to date ", but they remained optimistic, believing " that as airport users become more familiar with this facility and the ingrained habits of many years gradually alter, patronage will continue to increase ," In 2000, the Airport Link Company went into receivership, exposing the government to costs of around $ 800 million ; it was put up for sale in early 2006.

Less commonly, in negative assortative mating, individuals with diverse traits mate more frequently than what would be expected in random mating.

The " Less than expected " growth in the Indian aviation sector coupled with overcrowding and the resultant severe competition between airlines resulted in almost all the Indian carriers, including Air Deccan, running into heavy losses.

Less is expected of the young, and in turn less is received .” To build character and competence requires high moral standards and expectations.

Less slumgum can be expected from rendering of cappings or honey comb.

Less than one month prior to August 29, 1994, Dell moved 1, 100 customer support and telephone sales employees to Round Rock.

Less than three weeks after its release, the record was certified gold for sales of one million copies.

Less than stellar sales and / or the limitations of a small market might have motivated the shift to a different audience in the later editions.

Less than the j. n. d is wasted effort because the improvement will not be perceived ; more than the j. n. d is again wasteful because it reduces the level of repeat sales.

Less than 200 copies separated So Why So Sad from Found That Soul placing it 1 place higher at number 8, because the overwhelming majority of the sales that week were by the fans buying both.

Less than 200 copies separated " Found That Soul " from " So Why So Sad " placing it 1 place lower at number 9, because the overwhelming majority of the sales that week were by the fans buying both.

Less of a supporter of E. H. Crump, the Memphis political boss, than his predecessor, Governor Prentice Cooper, McCord pushed through the legislature a politically unpopular sales tax ( 2 %).

Less than two years after the change, sales of Necco Wafers had fallen by 35 percent.

Less than two years later, SR-71's second album, Tomorrow, written and co-produced by Allan, was released, producing another top 15 single and pushing their total worldwide sales to over 1 million.

Less than two months later, Speech Debelle claimed to have split from the label, allegedly because sales of Speech Therapy " suffered because of poor distribution by Big Dada.

Less often seen are noun-verb combinations of two words, such as the line " The silence whistles " from Nathan Alterman's Summer Night, or in a record album title like Sounds of Silence.

The band's most recent studio album ( 2 October 2009 ) is an acoustic album featuring new arrangements of previously released tracks ( except one, the new track: ' It's Not Your Fault ') entitled Less Is More.

In August 2012, The Specials release their brand new live album called More ... Or Less The Specials Live on CD and vinyl, featuring " the best of the best " performances from their 2011 European tour-selected by the band themselves.

Less faithful critics, however, criticised the album for being too pretentious and lacking in the humour and catchiness that characterised previous releases.

Less successful was his work on Lone Justice's second album Shelter, which was a career-ending flop for the Los Angeles cowpunk band.

Their next album, in 1982, Now And Forever, continued the group's popularity with the Top 10 hit, " Even the Nights Are Better " and two Top 40 singles " Young Love " and " Two Less Lonely People in the World ".

In 1982 came a 4 song EP called £ 1. 10 or Less and then their fourth studio album, Now Then ... ( although their fifth album, as they had released a live LP, Hanx, between Nobody's Heroes and Go for It ).

* " Automatic ", a song by Less Than Jake on the album Losing Streak

Their first album " No More, No Less " was released in May, 1973 and received rave reviews in the rock press.

Less Than Jake released their debut album, Pezcore, in 1995, following a series of independent seven-inch single releases.

Less Than Jake re-released their compilation album, Goodbye Blue and White, which included various 7 " releases spanning from 1996 – 2001, and provided a different track listing from the first pressing.

Less Than Jake returned to major label status with their next album Anthem, releasing the 2003 LP on Warner Bros ./ Sire Records.

The album was arguably Less Than Jake's most successful commercially.

The album comprised tracks that didn't make Anthems final cut and was produced by Less Than Jake.

During the shows, the band held a spoof of The Price is Right, quizzing the contestants on various Less Than Jake " trivia ", having them play a few games from the shows, using the games to determine which album they'd play selections from, and giving prizes to the winners.

The band released one album, Drink Positive, and supported Lagwagon and Lawrence Arms on US legs as well as Less Than Jake on their 2006 European tour.

Pezcore is the first full-length album released by the ska punk band Less Than Jake, originally released on Dill Records in 1995.

The album inspired the title of Bret Easton Ellis ' novel Imperial Bedrooms, a sequel to Ellis ' earlier novel Less Than Zero, whose title was borrowed from Costello's song " Less Than Zero ".

Less than a year later in 1999, Spunge released their début album Pedigree Chump on MoonSka Europe and thus set about introducing the band to a wider audience.

In 1996, they recorded and released their second album, Less Talk, More Rock, via Fat Wreck Chords.