There is no one to compare with him under the high ball and he offers a real attacking threat coming into the line.

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The freedoms enjoyed by independent trade unions and respect for civil liberties under President Uribe compare favorably to nearly all of Latin America especially the growing number of nations in the region now under the tyrannical control of Hugo Chavez or his surrogates.

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Compare these with newspaper companies, under siege for their dim prospects, whose shares fetch 18 times earnings and soft-drink companies, at 20.

ECONOMIST: Investment banking

In a pluralist, commercial society, it is not surprising that it has been the excuse for excruciating vulgarity (the Terezin cookbook), as well as the occasion for aggressive political manipulation, not least by black leaders such as Louis Farrakhan who compare the sufferings of the Jews under Hitler unfavourably with the suffering of Africans under slavery.

ECONOMIST: History

It is clarifying to remember an exercise that I have undertaken to look at the size of the federal government under different Presidents, look at the size of the increase in public workforce under different Presidents, and how they compare over the years.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

But even acclaim from a chef couldn't compare with what else was happening at the table: Three kids, all under the age of 10, had tried the mussels.

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"If we compare the situation in Tunisia to the rest of the region, particularly Libya and Algeria, it is pretty much under control, " he said, adding that state and foreign interests were not under any significant threat.

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