91.   Speaking at a press conference after the morning Cabinet meeting, Mitsuzuka said the move is being made because the credit crunch is more serious than the government expected.

92.   Suddenly people brought into precinct station houses for nothing more serious than graffiti-scrawling were pressed for information about drug or gun dealing.

93.   Such inquiries represent fact-finding missions and are considered less serious than formal investigations.

94.   Such a charge is viewed as more serious than statutory rape, prosecutors say.

95.   Talks with Chicago-based UAL are said to be more serious than those with AMR, who one consultant said jumped in at the last minute.

96.   That includes large salary-cap numbers, contracts the Texans may not like, or injuries that may be more serious than originally believed.

97.   The administration regards the issue of whether South Korea builds the reactors as much more serious than the oil diversion.

98.   The allegations this time, they said, were more extensive and serious than those addressed in the state probe.

99.   The agreement was reached very rapidly, which could reflect a belief among officials that the situation is more serious than thought.