This allows for a relative comparison between transactions (i.e. between homes of different sizes).
In entirely too many cases, the answer is fear not of physical death, but instead fear of our financial demise, which is often rooted in a fear of lifestyle reduction, which is often rooted in a fear of relative lifestyle comparison with our peers, which is especially ironic when you consider the millions of unemployed workers, bankrupt households, foreclosed homes and underwater homeowners.
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Whether in absolute or relative terms, whether in comparison to our own experience or the performance of our competitors, America's wealth-producing ability has been diminished.
Digital Foundry put together this comparison video of the Unreal 4 Engine working on PS4 and PC, concluding that the PC version still looks better, though adding that it could be due to the relative youth of the PS4 by comparison.
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Although there is still limited empirical evidence on the relative performance of socially responsible investing in comparison to conventional investing, one 2000 study concluded that social mutual funds perform no better or worse than conventional mutual funds.
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But the most scientifically credible study of the effects of Medicaid, based on randomly assigning 10, 000 people to Medicaid coverage in Oregon, found there was no statistically significant difference in ER use between those newly enrolled in Medicaid relative to the (largely uninsured) comparison group.
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For comparison purposes I have provided the relative performance or RS Analysis chart of FBIOX that you are more familiar with from my daily column.
The outspoken leader of Scotland's 750, 000 Roman Catholics had once been seen as a relative liberal in the church, certainly in comparison to his predecessor Cardinal Thomas Winning.
An 83-year-old relative of Bormann supplied the samples for the DNA comparison.
They tended to choose funds that had done better than their previous holdings (277 basis points better, about half on relative gains and half because the previous funds declined in comparison).
In comparison, Caplan said, stopping Guinea worm is effective relative to the expenditure.
Given the relative paucity of sources, her account of the first Christian millennium is bare-boned by comparison, concentrating on theology and imperial history.
Granted that baseball still pales in comparison to football in terms of ratings, so this limits what baseball players can command relative to football stars.
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