But the date of Mr Mori's departure is still not set and, worse, none of the likely candidates to succeed him inspires much confidence.

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What's worse, none of the Justices seemed willing to buy his creative theory that the Electoral Count Act had been violated.

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When the plan collapsed, his prospects, none too good in even the best of circumstances, looked worse than ever, and Mr Paisley's still better.

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So now we have Google playing the role of Bess Truman to keep the word that is even worse than manure from the ears of the nation, with none other than Green Party candidate Jill Stein playing the role of Harry.

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But Mr de Silguy has run foul of fellow commissioners who argue that partial harmonisation of taxes could, by threatening to undermine the single market, be worse than none at all.

ECONOMIST: European Union

It's better in a couple areas and worse in a couple others, but none of the scores are set to any sort of extreme -- in other words, the Verizon GS III doesn't stand out of the crowd for better or worse.

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In the control group, several patients got worse, and none was free of Barrett's.

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Matters are infinitely worse with respect to civilian electronic equipment, essentially none of which was designed with the costly features that would protect against EMP.

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Worse, the chief public prosecutor announced before the trial had begun that he thought none of the accused had any case to answer.

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But the Home Office also says none of these reforms has been shown to be foolproof in other countries - and in some cases have made the situation worse.

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