I've worked on Wall Street for many years, I've seen bad times on Wall Street, and this does not compare with what I've seen in the past.
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.
Compare that with what you'd pay at the five-star Sheraton Hotel Pulitzer, steps from the houseboats that line the posh Prinsengracht.
The new procedure makes it possible to scrutinise any family's spending pattern, and compare this with what it says it earns.
Compare what you planned with what actually happened.
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The next step is simple, but perhaps hard on the brain and heart-compare what you actually do with what you actually want and examine the differences.
Just compare this layout with what wireless net operators will pay to bring on 3G broadband services.
Then compare this data with what you think you know to be true.
Compare that margin with what you make on the average customer.
You simply can't compare what they do from behind a desk with what others do on the battlefield.
The conventional approach is to compare your current tax bracket with what you think it will be in retirement, which would depend on your taxable income and the tax rates in place when you retire.
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To see what this means in practice, compare the outcome of the October 1974 election with what could happen this time.
What we want to compare, say a change in health care policy, with is what is the result of the new system as opposed to what would have been the effect of the old system?
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Then compare their approaches with your own, establish what is the difference and take remedial steps.
Roughly speaking, Venter and his researchers were able to compare the DNA he got from his mom with what he got from his dad.
For example, C3 Energy, a "big data" analytics specialist, provides software and monitoring systems that can show large and small businesses how much energy they are using and on what processes, then compare these with buildings and businesses in the same area.
What sort of country should we compare that with?
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Tax and customs agents now will be able to compare better what Argentines declare to the customs and tax agencies with what their credit card bills say.
Many compare the openness - or lack of it - in the NHS with what happens in local government.
When big, controlled clinical trials designed to compare two medicines emerge, the results often resemble what Graham managed with a supposedly less-sensitive study.
The third leg of our investment process is really to get to know the companies that we invest in, see what the new fundamentals are really like, compare that with the old outdated beliefs in the investment community.
But what the data do not do is compare hedge fund performance with that of mutual funds--those comparatively boring investment pools for ordinary mortals.
If you figure out your monthly expenses and compare that with your income, you'll have a better idea of what you can afford this holiday season.
DNA, for example, it is useful to compare it with a central database (such as GenBank) of existing sequences to see what it resembles.
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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"If you compare it with Brazil or El Salvador or Honduras in terms of justice it's impressive what Chile has done so far, " Mr Dulitzky said.
The Sawtooth cabin-holders are appealing against the proposed increases partly by arguing that it is unfair to compare Forest Service cabins with nearby private property because the owners of the latter face far fewer restrictions on what they can do with their property.
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