51.   Of course, economists will have to throw out their predictions if the winter turns out to be milder or more severe than normal.

52.   Often they find the consequences less severe than at home.

53.   Overall, the damage was less severe than previous hurricanes that have struck the Panhandle in recent years, such as Opal.

54.   Petit mal epilepsy is less severe than grand mal epilepsy, the better-known form of the disease in which the body may shake uncontrollably, often requiring medical treatment.

55.   Police Chief Assaf Hefetz said the indictment recommendation against Netanyahu is less severe than that against the other three.

56.   Prices fell yesterday and continued to slide today as the damage, though possible significant, was seen as less severe than initially thought, analysts said.

57.   Rather, it is aimed at helping airlines and the entire industry recover from a downturn more sudden and severe than any seen before.

58.   Republicans mounted a similar argument to explain their opposition to the Democratic censure resolution, a formal rebuke of Clinton that would be less severe than impeachment.

59.   Scott Ehlers, a spokesman for the non-partisan Drug Policy Foundation here, said Gingrich was advocating measures more severe than those in law.

60.   Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., predicted Thursday that the Senate ultimately will settle on a punishment less severe than removal from office.