41.   In other states, however, rulings from common law courts can be more severe than just a lien.

42.   In several European countries, the penalties for neonaticide are less severe than those for murder, experts said.

43.   In the Hudson Valley north of New York City, the drought has been less severe than in some places.

44.   Investigators suspect that icy conditions more severe than the standards for which the plane was certified were also a cause of the crash.

45.   It turns out that Martin may have what team doctors and trainers refer to as a sports hernia, which is more severe than the kind more generally known.

46.   Its declines were less severe than the rest of the industry, the company said.

47.   Moreover, evidence is emerging that sudden withdrawal may lead to a rebound psychosis more severe than if the patient had never been treated.

48.   Nowhere is the private school admissions crunch more severe than at the entry level.

49.   On other markets, cotton, lumber and natural gas prices all fell as damage from Hurricane Opal was less severe than predicted.

50.   Nowhere is the budget squeeze more severe than in Washington state, where unemployment is the second highest in the nation, behind Oregon.