The latest earnings increase was helped by comparison with a period that included a big charge a year ago.
Weirdly, Mr Putin seems to welcome comparison with this period.
However, employment is highly seasonal, so a far better comparison is with the same period last year.
By comparison, during the same period, for site-built houses, average prices rose 16% for new homes and 8.1% for existing ones, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
By comparison, in roughly the same period, San Mateo, Calif.
By comparison, during the post-war period, US unemployment peaked in November and December of 1982 at 10.8%.
Last year set a new record, with 77 murders reported by UNESCO which also uncovered a trend: The agency's report on this issue last month found that the percentage of murders in 2008-09 that were not linked to conflicts rose in comparison to the previous two-year period.
That made the value shares look very cheap by comparison and created the conditions for an extended period of catching up.
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This by comparison is taking place over a 50-year time period.
And that is by way of comparison with a 2011 that already was the second year of a three-year period during which Ford has essentially ignored the Lincoln product line-up in favor of turning out one new Ford after another.
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For comparison, Activision, the best performer among the videogame makers listed above during the same period, is up a little more than 200%.
By comparison, U.S. housing prices rose 7.3% in the same period, putting it at No. 12 in a list of 55 countries ranked by Knight Frank.
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However, we believe the closest comparison is the 1990-91 Gulf War as this is the only event outside of that period.
By comparison, membership among people younger than 25 grew by less than 20 percent over the same period, Inside Facebook says.
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In comparison, Apple's market-leading iPad sold 15.4 million units in the same period.
But comparison with previous periods is difficult because the club's latest accounts cover a 10-month period, rather than the usual 12.
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As you can see, there was a substantial period of time where Russia was the laggard and where it was significantly under-performing in comparison to its neighbors.
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Because it's for select discounted products, many of which will only be available for a set period, tweet-buying is not for people who are searching for a specific product or comparison shopping.
Trapattoni replaced Steve Staunton as Ireland boss, after the former Irish captain had overseen a disastrous period that would make Shaibu Amodu's reign and treatment by the Nigerian media seem favourable by comparison.
By comparison, the company says there were more than 3, 300 titles related to Abraham Lincoln published during the same period, and nearly 800 about the Titanic.
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