Eisenstat says it's a long shot but better than the alternative of a wider war.
But better than 2011 when falling government spending detracted -0.67% and full-year real GDP grew 1.8%.
Lousy but better than expected results are apparently the best they expect to do.
This creates a two tiered system, but better than no tier that 40 million people experience now.
But better than the standard form of pancreatic cancer, which has a 98% mortality rate over five years.
Both the banks have emerged from the financial crisis not unscathed but better than many of their peers.
The first estimate of Q3 GDP was released this week at 2%, an uninspiring number but better than was expected.
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It's about halfway between Florence and Rome, but better than either because I won't be part of a herd of American students.
House edge: 5.6%--worse than blackjack but better than the wheel of fortune.
Warm-hearted but soft-headed, maybe: but better than being cold-hearted and hard-headed.
On November 13, Giant Interactive reported third-quarter earnings of 20 cents per share, which was flat on a year-over-year basis but better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
The quarter was break even, versus a 2 cent profit in the same period last year, but better than the three cent per share loss expected by analysts.
Making sure you set aside money every month for the 401(k) or for your savings account, even as you're using your credit cards, is one way (flawed, but better than nothing) of taking those steps.
And I think the history of the United States, the reason we became an economic superpower is because -- not only perfectly, not always consistently, but better than any other country on Earth -- we were able to give opportunity to everybody.
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In the Gallup poll that was out over the weekend, among registered voters, McCain was up by four points - so not a lot, but better than he was going into his convention, where he was behind in the same poll - and among likely voters up by 10 points.
The day started out with the announcement that Bank of America would be laying off 16, 000 workers which helped sink the market, but better than expected jobless claims and a Philly Fed index that came in ahead of the consensus estimate, along with a solid IPO pop for real estate research site Trulia, aided the recovery in risk assets.
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Mutual fund managers have done better than the ETFs, but not better than IEI.
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Smart is better than dumb, but right is better than smart, and right is largely a matter of fundamental principles.
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If you divide individual rate by league rate, though, it comes out that he's striking out a third more hitters than average impressive, but no better than what Brett Myers did with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2005, and nothing close to what Gooden did at 19, when his K-rate was more than twice as high as the league's.
This was lower than the preliminary estimate of 0.7%, but still better than the markets had expected.
Ho hum, not exactly a unique occurrence in the human condition but better admitted than not.
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In fact, he should have done it 18 months ago, but better late than never.
Yes this sounds a tad ridiculous, but its better than the headache of a bed bug infestation.
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This mini-reversal may have given employers just enough breathing room to create this modest, but better-than-expected, increase in jobs.
There are, however, other ways a trial could be held, none of them perfect, but all better than nothing.
There was too much fish on the menu, maybe, but better that than the remaindered meat from the smokehouses.
The UK still compares negatively with the cycling "dream" of Berlin or Amsterdam, but is better than "disastrous" Paris.
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