Ferguson's furious reaction to United's defeat in Portugal prompted Porto coach Jose Mourinho to taunt the United manager, comparingthesize of the two clubs' budgets.
By freezing or sharply constraining the growth of government outlays, nations were able to rapidly shrinking the economic burden of government, as measured by comparingthesize of the budget to overall economic output.
When FORBES recently ran the numbers on which NFL faithful were the most passionate (comparing television ratings and Internet traffic to market size) the Cheeseheads emerged on top.