Once again, America needs to be compared with Japan, but in a rather different way.
This enables the performance of parties in 2013 to be compared with 2009.
"You're going to be compared with the laundry list of Sargent and Turner and Canaletto, " Mr. Van Doren acknowledged.
"To be compared with the great inspirational Daniel Day-Lewis is a tribute in itself, so to win this award, I'm overwhelmed, " Jones said.
It also scores stocks on how volatile they're likely to be compared with the market as a whole (market risk), lays odds that the way a firm governs itself will lead to trouble and ranks its accounting practices.
It will increase the amount of energy generated from offshore wind in the UK by one third to 1, 314MW. Opened in September, the Thanet wind-farm was built by the Swedish Vattenfall energy company, and increases the number of large-scale offshore British turbines to 436, to be compared with 2, 640 based on land.
Yet the price of low-volatility stocks tend to be depressed compared with their high-volatility brethren, notes Haugen.
But then, he's not going to be compared unfavorably with Cuban experts in these other specialties because there aren't any to speak of.
Bikers over the age of 60 were three times more likely to be admitted to hospital compared with those in their 20s and 30s - and two-and-a-half times more likely to sustain a serious injury.
Although the Indian Rupee has dipped sharply in recent months, its decline in value appears to be relatively minor when compared with falls of up to 35% per cent in Thailand and Indonesia.
Growth for 2012 now looks set to be closer to 1%, compared with 2.7% last year and 7.5% in 2010.
There are only 21 women leading Fortune 500 companies, and according to a recent McKinsey survey, only 18% of women managers want to be CEO, compared with 36% of men.
After a prolonged dry spell Chrysler's product lineup looks to be the freshest among the Big Three, says Merrill Lynch, with 88% of its volume scheduled to be replaced by 2008, compared with 66% for both General Motors and Ford.
Internet and mobile has a chance to be lights-out compared with television, he says.
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Obviously the game will be compared to many others with similar themes, most notably the Uncharted series and Far Cry 3.
Panasonic said net income in the year from 1 April was likely to be 50bn yen, compared with analysts' expectations for 64bn yen.
The issues to be settled are molehills compared with the religious-historical-geographical mountains that the Palestinians and Israelis will eventually have to clamber over.
Another approach might be for regulators to specify how big investment banks can be compared with commercial banks.
What's more, individual bits can be made to be smaller than 10 nanometers, compared with flash's 45 nanometers, and its switches can be controlled by two terminals, as opposed to three.
His flattery of stars-to-be was as nothing compared with his wooing of his Hollywood favourites.
And Salesforce seems to be in a catbird position compared with any company I can think of.
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"The marine renewables industry must demonstrate its ability to be cost-competitive, compared with other low-carbon technologies, in the next 5-8 years if it is to engage commercial investors, " he said.
You always have to be more or less competitive, compared with someone else.
Given the growing number of choices and the plethora of first time buyers, these devices beg to be handled, played with, compared.
Even in the late-2000s recession, Hublot was considered to be successful, with sales down 15 percent up to November 2009 compared with 30 percent for the entire Swiss luxury watch business.
But if they think that was bad, it may prove to be a walk in the park compared with facing the French trio of Thomas Domingo, William Servat and Nicolas Mas.
As for the family's attempt to popularise Camilla Parker Bowles, the woman Charles would like to marry, she will inevitably be compared with a rival sanctified by death, as will the royals themselves.
By the end of this year 33% of Western Europe, 25% of Japan and 1% of the rest of Asia will be wired to the web, compared with 47% of the U.S., according to the research firm IDC.
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