Since 1995 America's prison population has increased by 42%, while Britain's has jumped by 60%.
America's ENIAC computer calculated artillery trajectories, while Britain's Colossus computer decoded the Nazi's encrypted messages.
But while Britain may make better use of capital, it does not invest as much of it.
Finland sees nuclear power as an attractive alternative to fossil fuels, while Britain is thinking of building new nuclear plants.
In the first three months of the year, while Britain's economy shrank by 4.9% on an annualised basis, the contraction in Germany was 6.7%.
While Britain and the US record similar data, few others are comparable, says Danny Dorling, professor of human geography in the University of Sheffield.
Solberg also crashed his Peugeot at high speed on the same stage while Britain's Matthew Wilson was forced to retire after hitting a rock and losing a wheel on stage one.
While Britain has certainly become accustomed to media scandals over recent years, the BBC has often found itself out of the fray of accusations of cover-ups and unethical behavior.
German rookie Stefan Bradl was fourth for LCR Honda in his best qualifying performance, while Britain's Cal Crutchlow was fifth and his Yamaha Monster tech 3 teammate Andrea Dovizioso was seventh.
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While Britain's wettest June in more than a century may have cast a cloud over the final preparations for the Games, forecasters say the weather is now set to brighten.
Croatia, the Balkan nation on the Adriatic Sea, came in at No. 1, while Britain, where fears about binge drinking have prompted a flurry of new legislation, came in at only No. 15.
The attacks sparked strong international condemnation, with US President Barack Obama expressing his condolences and offering support, while Britain's Queen Elizabeth also spoke of her shock and sadness in a letter to King Harald.
Trinidad and Tobago's time of 37.62s saw them set a new national record, while Britain, whose line-up included Simeon Williamson, Tyrone Edgar, Marlon Devonish and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, ran a season's best 38.02 to grab an impressive bronze.
While Britain, Germany and France may argue that Iran's new co-operativeness should be rewarded, America is expected to call for Iran's breaches of the NPT to be reported to the United Nations Security Council (which can choose to impose sanctions).
The stiff upper lip days are long gone, and while Britain still supplies valuable intelligence and a relatively reliable vote in international organizations, it is increasingly unwilling or unable to supply what has become rare from our allies: hard military power.
Several times Iran postponed the resumption of uranium conversion, which can be a step towards fashioning a nuclear bomb, while Britain, France and Germany, with American support, worked on a package of economic and political incentives for Iran to give up its nuclear plan.
Cameron -- who was in France at the time of the incident but headed back home promptly -- declined to confirm if the man killed was a serving soldier, while Britain's Defense Ministry said it was investigating to see whether that's the case.
After 50 years in which Britain has struggled to define or resolve its confused, ambivalent, troubled relationship with Europe, the events currently being played out in this eurozone crisis look ever more likely to achieve that, while Britain remains largely passive about it.
While Britain demonstrates that it prefers international legal conceit to both justice and its bilateral relations with Israel, senior Israeli jurists are making clear that they prefer to maintain their good reputations in places like London over defending the actual legal rights of their country.
Dr Powell said in Germany it was routine for children to be examined six times during the first year of life, while in Britain just three examinations were the norm.
While Tate Britain is showing his most famous industrial scenes, many of the Lowry's exhibits are art school sketches, preparatory drawings or visual aid memoires he made on scraps of paper while walking the streets of Salford and Manchester.
While Great Britain's embrace of isolationism and appeasement under the Baldwin and Chamberlain governments was a disaster for the British, who were high on Germany's target list, it is possible to argue that isolationism was a sensible policy for America.
For much of 2011 until June, Assange had been under house arrest in Britain while he filed appeals against his extradition from Britain to Sweden.
The have the full right of appeal and can stay in Britain while their case is pending.
And while much of Britain's anti-political mood is a justified response to a scandal for which MPs must do penance, some reflects a basic nihilism they can do little about.
While in 1990 Britain filled 91 of the 124 spots available in various events, this year they will take up only 61 of 130 possible places, a drop from 73% to 47%.
Sweden has always maintained that while Assange is in Britain, he is under the jurisdiction of the UK legal system.
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The United States and Britain, while expressing a preference for a diplomatic solution, have already threatened the use of military action.
Sweden move on to a semi-final against favourites Canada, while reigning world champions Britain are left to reflect on an early exit.
Fellow Briton Ken Loach's It's A Free World takes a look at illegal employment in contemporary Britain, while Wes Anderson's comedy The Darjeeling Limited sees Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman as brothers travelling across India.
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