more serious

"There is no place in our society for vigilantism and we are fortunate that the outcome was not much more serious."

On a more serious note, Kennedy repeatedly nodded at the long-standing Republican dream of slashing Medicare and Medicaid.

"Five to ten years is when we would really see a huge payoff, because that's when we would really start to see trending downwards for some of these more serious long term complications," Dr Cecil said.

Princess Anne commented on realising she might have had a near miss with more serious problems.

The prisoners who will be released are of a more serious category than those freed in the first exchange.