1.   Less rain meant less chance of a signal being washed out and less possibility of interference from an electrical storm.

2.   And as Horace Stone discovered, that means less pain, smaller hospital bills and far quicker recovery.

3.   And improved risk management strategies mean less danger all around.

4.   A slowdown in Asia could be bad news for Japan if it means less demand for Japanese goods from the region.

5.   All of that means less economic activity, lower tax revenues, less money in the city and state treasuries.

6.   But administration officials say the Republican budgets would mean less money all around, including money for home care under Medicaid and Medicare.

7.   But beyond the dollar savings, the development also means less carbon dioxide, the main gas thought to aggravate global climate change.

8.   But some nurses say they are nervous that more technology means less need for their skills in the operating room.

9.   For area retailers, that meant less need for workers.

10.   Fewer exports mean less demand for the Canadian dollars needed to buy them, lowering the value of the currency.