Word: fewer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pills that contained either a placebo of flavored compounds that tasted like herbs but had no medicinal effects, a standardized extract of 20 herbs designed to support bowel function in general, or the individually prescribed herbs. After 16 weeks of treatment, the two groups that received herbal medicines had fewer symptoms and less pain than the placebo group. But 14 weeks later, only the group that received tailor-made herbal remedies still felt better...
...despite the tantalizing posters with phrases like "Take Her to the Moon" placed around campus, fewer students have bought tickets to the only undergraduate all-campus campus formal than in previous years...
...addition, fewer tickets are available this year, according to Anna Su '00, CityStep's executive producer and a Crimson executive. Although about 2000 students usually attend, this year's venue, the Boston Center for the Arts, holds fewer people, Su said...
Fitzsimmons agrees that Harvard's earlyapplication pool generally has fewer minority andfinancial aid-seeking applicants, but this yearunder-represented groups began to catch up in theearly pool...
Arsenic, the poison of choice in murder mysteries, may have a kinder, gentler role: treating cancer. A pilot study shows that when arsenic is given in low doses to patients with a rare form of leukemia known as APL, nearly all go into remission. The treatment has fewer side effects than conventional chemotherapy...