Young people who said they were active in religious groups,sports or had other interests were less likely to discuss risky behaviors.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

She noted that racial and ethnic minorities were less likely to have insurance and less likely to get the treatments they needed.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

But Professor Rottenberg says those who felt shame or embarrassment while crying were less likely to report that crying had been helpful.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

And they were less likely to have a stillbirth, the loss of a fetus after twenty weeks.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

Ms.Ziegelman suggests that the Irish were less protective of their food traditions.

VOA: special.2010.08.25

"Women who had their ovaries removed had a decrease in the risk of breast cancer, a decrease in the risk of ovarian cancer and,in addition,they were less likely to die of breast cancer, less likely to die of ovarian cancer and also had an improvement in their overall survival."

VOA: special.2010.09.22

She says her professors were less than enthusiastic to see her in class.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Those studies - in Europe and the United States - found that people who drank a lot of coffee were less likely to develop cancers of the mouth and throat.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

While studying warships, Fuller realized that they weighed much less than buildings, yet were able to do much more.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

By two thousand seven,however, the numbers were down to less than ten percent of boys and only eight percent of girls.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

American workers then began to protest,as their jobs were filled by immigrants who were happy to work for less money.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

The study found that hopeful individuals were fourteen percent less likely than other women to have died from any cause.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

The hopeful women were also thirty percent less likely to have died from heart disease after the eight years.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

The researchers found that those who had been circumcised were twenty-eight percent less likely to get genital herpes than uncircumcised men.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

About thirty percent of workers age sixteen to twenty-four with less than a high school diploma were unemployed last month.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

Women who said they were physically active even once a week showed less cognitive impairment as measured by a test.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

The planes were not big. They were just fifteen meters long with wings less than seven meters across.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

Those who quickly became pregnant again were also less likely to have a pregnancy form in their fallopian tubes, a dangerous condition.

VOA: special.2010.08.11