== Purge "greater or lesser" == 

  To purge or not to purge "greater or lesser"; that is the question.  As a published author, it seems to me that use of the phrase, however superfluous, is simply a matter of choice.  "Greater or lesser" connotes change, so using it in the "Intimidate" article may have been unnecessary. "Variously," 
 or maybe "variably" might have been a better word choice.  Yet, the point was made that "intimidation varies with the person." 
   The crux of my argument is that few who submit articles to Wikipedia are English scholars any more than are wire service writers.  So, I have learned to read between the lines and not rely on every word or phrase I read as gospel.