“…We still live today in France with this idea, less and less justified and more and more arrogant, that our capacity for innovation, due to the excellence of our teachers, our researchers and our engineers, and of the quality of our infrastructures, would be much higher than that of the countries of the South and the East. …”

“…By applying various regression models it can be shown that strongly integrated authoritarian regimes are less likely to develop towards democracy. While less integrated regimes rather democratize, increasing levels of integration into global markets are likely to stabilize authoritarianism. …”

“…The relatively high inequality of market incomes is substantially reduced by large social transfers, but the risk of relative poverty still affects the most vulnerable, such as the young, the less educated, single parents and migrants. At the same time the generous transfer systems tend to reduce work incentives. …”

“…In urban populations, for example, 1.8% of children aged less than two years of age are recorded as having received no routine vaccinations, compared to 1.0% of rural children. …”

“…On average, women earn 13% less per hour in the European Union. Women are less often entrepreneurs and those that strive to grow their businesses or decide to lead companies face high barriers. …”

“…Although a great deal is known about the recognition of states, less is known about the practice of derecognition of states, namely why and how states withdraw the recognition of other contested and partially recognized states. …”

“…Even less apparent is that information plays a determining role in ecosystems. …”

“…Today's customers think less about products and more about brands, no matter whether those brands are organizational, nonprofit, individuals, or service oriented. …”

“…You ll learn methods for creating shared goals and processes, clearly-defined roles, and mutual accountability for your team; as well as ways to develop qualities that make up the foundation of powerful leadership, such as resiliency, self-awareness, and emotional well-being. Show More Show Less…”

“…Teaching you the essentials to making event-driven server-side apps, this book demonstrates how you can use less space and take less time for communication between web client and server. …”

“…Build applications quicker and with less effort using functional programming and Kotlin. …”

“…Since we're making the work in our tools less visible, we also have less control over how they work. …”

“…This powerful book of exercises helps teams get less "nice" and become more effective…”

“…While there has always been a substantial reservoir of populist sentiment, Europeans are no less trusting of their politicians and parliaments than they were two decades ago, no less enthusiastic about European integration, and no less satisfied with the workings of democracy. …”

“…She worked more and more, had less and less of a personal life, and was never able to enjoy her success.In this deeply personal memoir, Roché shares her lifelong struggle with what she now recognizes as "the impostor syndrome," a condition that plagues successful people in all walks…”

“…In addition to planctic cyanobacteria, benthic cyanobacteria, in many cases, appear to be important toxin producers, although far less studied and more difficult to manage and control. …”

“…"Discover foursquare social marketing--and achieve powerful bottom-line results with less than an hour's work per week."--Resource description page…”

“…The ultimate guide for parents who dream of having a little less chaos and a lot more time for the good things in life Written by mother of five, Nicole Avery, this book shows harried parents how, with just a bit of planning, family life can become easier to manage, less stressful, and decidedly more fun. …”

“…While there is a growing body of literature on the topic, the issue of planning cities in such a way they will increase food security and nutrition, not only for the affluent sections of society but primarily for the poor, is much less discussed, and much less informed by practices. …”