U.S. enrollment and school completion rates compare favorably with those of other industrial countries.

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The screen is 4.5 inches and other specs compare favorably with Apple iPhone 4S, the latest iPhone.

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Those products aren't necessarily bad for you, but it's worth scrutinizing their charges to see if they compare favorably with those of alternatives.

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Those valuations compare favorably with larger, riskier oil services stocks.

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Enrollment at the secondary level has grown, both in absolute terms and as a proportion of the student-age population, and attainment rates compare favorably with those of other industrial countries.

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Possessing a delicate constitution, and with most of his time occupied in teaching he was a careful student of nature, and has left pictures which compare favorably with the most gifted of our younger artists.

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It's easy to favorably compare "what might have been" but the reality is that all wars are filled with unpleasant surprises.

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