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To argue that most other cities have comparable threats is just ridiculous,

We have a comparable situation as we did have in 2005. The exchange rates are not worse, the raw material prices are not worse, so we basically have the same challenge, but we managed to cope and to compensate (for) most of those challenges in 2005.

Under a forehead roughly comparable to that of Javanese and Piltdown man are visible a pair of tiny pig eyes, lit up alternately by greed and concupiscence.

We got a really phenomenal, phenomenal deal. A comparable celebrity would have cost two to three times more.

It may well be, of course, that America's pop culture is on balance better than our high art. I don't think so, but you can certainly make a case that the best of it aspires to a degree of aesthetic and emotional seriousness that is directly comparable to all but the very greatest works of high art.

They're a Class A program in New York, which is comparable to Division 1,

They're a Class A program in New York, which is comparable to Division 1,

They're a lot like us. They start four juniors like we do. I'd say we're fairly comparable size-wise and we're fairly comparable speed-wise.

I feel it's very comparable to a major championship. The field is not quite as big but they're still just as deep and just as strong.

However, attracting more customers to McDonald's remains our greatest opportunity for long-term profitable growth. Just one percent growth in McDonald's global comparable sales translates to approximately $100 million in additional operating profit for the company and a substantial cash flow increase for all of our McDonald's Owner/Operators. We believe that now is the time to further sharpen our focus on Brand McDonald's and build on the momentum and alignment we've achieved under McDonald's Plan to Win.

I can't think that there would be anything directly comparable to that building in the area right now.

I'd say our turnout is comparable to last year's. Maybe between 2,200 and 2,500.

For the first week, viewing levels were up on a weekly basis from last year and the year before, about 3 percent from comparable weeks. And these are the highest viewing levels for overall television since 1993.

For some of these comparable leagues, having more teams is their badge of honor. But that's not right for us. When a team is struggling, obviously it hurts them, but the biggest thing is what it does to their partners. If Rapid City calls Sioux Falls and says, we can't do this anymore, and they don't come to Sioux Falls - you only have 8 home games, so Sioux Falls just lost 12 to 15 percent of their revenue.

For the first five days of this week, Ukraine siphoned off nearly 400 million cubic meters of gas. This is a very large volume, which is comparable to our supplies for Germany for three days.

For the first time, we have determined the minimum surface area required for fingerprint scanning in order to achieve a level of security that is roughly comparable to the security achieved with a six-letter password.

Before banks wanted to see three comparable sales. Now lenders are asking for a fourth and a fifth comparable.

The last time consumer confidence declined a comparable extent was prior to the recessions in 1990 and 1980.

The level of shaking is comparable to what was experienced in Northridge. The good news is that there are fewer people out there.

The market has a high expectation for comparable sales going forward but it may be difficult for the company to keep this kind of momentum going forward.