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It's a small piece compared to what people are looking at down south. If I knew something I could do to go load up and help people, I'd rather be doing that than practicing.

It's a small operation, compared to anybody like Waste Management. We're not a Wall Street company. The nice thing about that is, if we want to do something, we do it. We don't have to run it up the corporate flagpole.

Its a very affordable way to go, compared to travel hockey, which can run anywhere from $2,500 to $8,000 a year. That's one reason why Fishers Youth Hockey was created.

I try to get through each day just by remembering that what we're doing is a minor sacrifice compared to what workers are going through. We're just doing a little to help them a lot.

It was definitely funny. But compared to his other seasons, it wasn't as good. I guess because with the other seasons, everything seemed so new. They really weren't as funny as his older stuff.

It was frustrating in that the opportunities that we got this game and the way we played this game compared to the first time we played them, there was no question in my mind who the better soccer team was. It just didn't show up on the scoreboard. Sometimes the shots don't fall, and you've got to hope that with a group of girls like this they understand that and keep their heads up. This is the best we've played, honestly.

It was so fast it was amazing. The most interesting thing is the scope. This is huge compared to the tsunami.

It was real different, compared to the people and everything.

It was supposed to be a very friendly, very self-esteem building environment for women. Compared to VMI, which is not at all friendly, it is basically a series of hazing, and it is all about challenge, all about challenge all the time.

It was really scary. I mean, he was in a situation where he had the potential to die. Super Bowl, all that is nothing compared to someone's life. That was a very, very hard time, a very emotional time for our team.

It's a very strong week for auctions, compared to other weeks in the year. It's very unusual to have so much supply concentrated in one week.

It's actually an honor. He's a great player. Just to be compared to somebody like that, I take that very highly. I'm thankful.

It is still a small sum compared with the damage that could be done if we fail to prevent the spread of the disease. International financing will be critical.

It is still a cyclical business, so management believes (it has) to keep some control over their costs. Other carriers have actually reduced some of their labor unit costs, and American has not been able to do that. That puts it at a cost disadvantage compared to some of its competitors.

It is questionable whether this level of job creation is sustainable as productivity growth remains low, at 1.1 per cent, and the number of vacancies fell sharply in March, down 3 per cent compared to February and over 7 per cent compared to March last year.

It means we're going to be off to a pretty slow start compared with last year.

It's a little uncommon, but it does happen. It's not one of those things that we issue every day, compared to flash flooding.

It's a hand-off play. We dribble it over and hand it off. ... People say we're a football team playing basketball. We've heard it for the past couple of years now. They all say, 'Now we have to get ready to play the Steelers.' We think it's good to be compared to a team that's had so much success.

It puts a smile on my face to be compared to a legend. Year by year, as you play basketball, you've got to know the history of the game.

It is worth noting that, in its revised forecasts for GDP growth, the OECD saw fit to raise its 1999 forecasts for most (euro-zone) member-countries, as compared with its June projections, but lowered those for Germany and Italy.

It's not perfect, but compared to the competition, they've made significant progress.

It's nothing in Detroit (compared) to what it is in Edmonton. It's loud in Detroit but it's nothing compared to Edmonton. Coming home with the series tied, it's going to be amazing.

For consumers, a big crop like this tends to stabilize wine prices. For growers, it may slow the rebound in prices for red grape varietals, except pinot noir, which remains in tight supply compared to the strong demand.

For 2006, we're saying California's median home price will go up by 10 percent, compared with a projected increase of 16 percent for 2005.

For 15 years the Government of Burma has refused to implement recommendations made by the UN and the situation is getting worse, ... In fact, the situation in Burma is much more severe compared to other countries in which the Security Council has chosen to act in recent years.

The number of murders in the U.S. compared with the rest of the world is astronomical. I blame mostly the availability of guns.

It's too early to talk about potential losses. But compared to yesterday's prediction of a 175-mile-per-hour storm making a beeline for New Orleans, we're breathing a sigh of relief.

It's only inexpensive compared to an all-time, record-high price.

It's obvious that St. Louis has certain advantages compared to other cities: namely, a concentration of financial services.

It's the idea of haggis that concerns people because they have this image of stomachs and lungs bubbling out over a big cauldron. The one that passes for culinary acceptability these days really doesn't have much in the way of lungs or hearts or stomach bags. It's mostly oatmeal and liver, I guess. It's a mild sausage compared to what it used to be hundreds of years ago.

It's the place where your father was baptized and you go there and get a chill, ... A tremendous amount of people tell me their stories about first time walking in and this expansive vast of green in front of them. It's often been compared to 'The Wizard of Oz' scene when it switches to color. That's the emotion for a lot of people.

It's loud here, but nothing compared to the playoff environment in Edmonton. That's a whole new level. Maybe the sound doesn't' funnel down here (at Joe Louis) but it's huge in Edmonton.

It is the worst drought in a decade and the number of people in need of immediate assistance and protection has drastically increased compared to six months ago, when one million people were identified as needing assistance.

It's always a shock no matter what you may think of anyone in the neighborhood there's nothing compared to this.

It looks as though this year there will be seventeen Grands Prix for the World Championship, compared with the traditional seventeen.

It's like standing on top of the John Hancock (building). Compared to where it's been, this is the best we've been. ... Rex has got to stay healthy. Brian's got to continue to play at his level. And Kyle has to continue to develop as well. It's a good situation. We like it.

It's going to be fairly expensive. I haven't seen any, you know, figures we have a high degree of confidence in. I do think there's a good chance it will be over $100 million, and in that case we have to consider what are the opportunity costs of doing that particular bit of work compared to other work (Cooperative Threat Reduction) or any other program is doing in the former Soviet Union, in Central Asia, or in any of the other places we're working.

It's going to be hard in the near term to do anything more than slow the rate of deterioration in the deficit. Imports are just too large compared with exports.

It's fun and I wouldn't miss it for the world. This parade is scaled down compared to other cities, but it's all about family in this town, and that's what it should be about.

It shows we've developed, made ourselves competitive and we're attractive compared to where we were in 2001 when nobody would want to talk to us.

It shouldn't be a race to the moon. This shouldn't be about one state being compared to another, but we all know that's what happens. And that gives states incentives to tweak their formulas so that they look better.

It's hard to look at their talent now, compared to their record, with all of the circumstances and things that they've gone through. It's a team that's certainly shown that they can be competitive, and I would look forward to that challenge.

It's pretty amazing, the type of players that he's compared to. Names that you've heard your whole life, and he's putting up those types of numbers. ... He's the type of guy who has that ability, and has a good work ethic and it shows out on the field.

It's pretty amazing the type of players he's compared to. Names you've heard your whole life, he's putting up those kind of numbers.

It's pretty small compared to, say, DVD player penetration.

It's tough, trying to figure out how fast they are and how strong they are compared to people that we've played. There will be a feeling out process in the first quarter, for sure.

David gets compared to Angel and he doesn't have the smoothness and skill, but he's a solid player. He's can shoot outside and go to the glass. He does not have guard skills, but is more of a four-man (power forward).

Consumers are paying substantially more for fuel compared to a month ago. Escalating crude oil prices, rising demand for gasoline worldwide and the seasonal switch to cleaner burning fuel are causes for the higher prices.

The numbers that VA Linux reported included a charge of $4.2 million. If you take that out, they actually lost 23 cents a share, as compared to the analysts' expectations of a loss of 21 cents.

The numbers that VA Linux reported included a charge of $4.2 million, ... If you take that out, they actually lost 23 cents a share, as compared to the analysts' expectations of a loss of 21 cents.

Even when their symptoms got bad, it still took women 3.1 hours to get there, compared with 1.8 hours for men.

Everybody at South Carolina sends our hearts and prayers to the victims there in the Gulf Coast states. Our football game is not really all that important compared to the devastation that these people have suffered.

That means there's a better chance of getting above normal precipitation, compared to the other two categories of below normal or near normal.

That's pretty large compared to other stop-motion puppets, ... The Nightmare Before Christmas.

That's pretty disappointing compared to what their peers are reporting. When you look at CVS and Walgreen, you're seeing sales up by 13 or 14 percent.

That's pretty disappointing compared to what their peers are reporting, ... When you look at CVS and Walgreen, you're seeing sales up by 13 or 14 percent.

That's really good pricing for a nearly new property, compared to comparable 10- to 15-year-old properties for sale in the area.

That's quite a luxury compared to the days when I was doing research with two people squeezed into one fume hood.

That's one of the key reasons why we have such a big presence here compared to past years.

That is a lot of dollars. We care. I don't know if people understand what it is like living in Los Angeles compared with other college cities. It is expensive. Sometimes it gets tough for some players. I think if something like this, a fair stipend for everyone, was done, it would be appreciated. But players are careful when they talk about this. It's a tough call and I'm glad I'm not the one making the final one. My vote would be to do something, give something, anything.

That is flat-out false, and I'm ashamed that you would compare me to Newt Gingrich. Nobody up here deserves to be compared to Newt Gingrich,

That is a small number, compared to concerns expressed that the law might be abused or people might feel pressured to use it. It confirms that the law gives the terminally ill some control and say in their final days whether they want to have physician help in hastening death.

Thats a drop in the bucket compared to what the state government and the people of Arkansas have put into helping the victims of the hurricane.

It's like having a designer dress compared with one from Woolworth's. Which one is more impressive when you go to the debutante ball?

It's nice to be out because compared to what it was like there, it's like a five-star hotel here.

Each of us is incomplete compared to someone else -- an animal's incomplete compared to a person... and a person compared to God, who is complete only to be imaginary.

The best part is that the students will have ownership over their learning ... a lot more control over what they learn through the different projects. Our role will be quite different compared to that in the traditional classroom.

The beauty of this building is that the structure is already here. The condition of this is superb compared to when we started Lake Mirror Towers.

The beauty of shooting, compared to sports like football and baseball, is you don't have to be a great athlete to be good at shooting. But the most important thing is that the kids are being active.

The banks are expensive compared to the rest of the local market and they're expensive compared with overseas banks.

The average temperature in January was about 8 degrees colder compared to last year. Cold weather doesn't interfere with shopping. It's the bad weather, with the snow and ice that cuts traffic.

The atmosphere of Venus is so alien compared to Earth, yet it's our sister planet. We've got the same size, the same materials basically and almost the same gravity.

That is the danger with influenza compared to any other virus I know that it can suddenly transform itself, reinvent itself and spread around the world.

Talking about sacrificing in terms of giving up a couple of hours compared to giving up a life, they just don't match.

Tax time is a great time to take any refund you receive and invest in your future either by opening up an IRA account, or increasing the deferrals in your 401(k) plan. What's very encouraging today compared to a few years ago is that American workers are increasingly demonstrating a discipline for saving and investing their hard earned dollars, and are less likely than in the past to say they will run out and turn it in for a plasma TV for example.

Tax cuts would probably flow directly into corporate profits. Companies are lean and mean today, compared with where they were ten years ago and if the economy is going to be stimulated by either tax cuts or new spending, I would prefer tax cuts. I would prefer the approach that is more profit friendly so I guess that means I don't prefer Al Gore's approach.

Summer is huge. Winter is kind of like little, compared to summer. But, yes, it will get bigger and bigger. I think so.

It's clear that employment growth this time around has been sub-par compared to previous economic recoveries. You need about the number of jobs that we're adding now just to stay even with the number of people entering the economy. It's very possible that we're going to continue to see sub-par growth.

It's been kind of a breath of fresh air compared to the way things went the past few years.

It must be that for them, the payment of the tax is minor compared with the potential profits to be made.

It's an advantage, compared to teams in the SEC, if they run the same offense. We played against Utah two times. Now, is it an advantage? I think they scored 42 on us last year. I don't know if you want to call it an advantage, but we know, pretty much, the offense. Now, can we stop it is another thing.

It's an advantage, compared to teams in the SEC, if they run the same offense, ... We played against Utah two times. Now, is it an advantage? I think they scored 42 on us last year. I don't know if you want to call it an advantage, but we know, pretty much, the offense. Now, can we stop it is another thing.

It's an adjustment to being a role player. In junior college I was more of the go-to guy. And the sets come a lot faster at this level compared to junior college. Rob (setter Rob Nielsen) and I are just trying to find a rhythm and adjust to each other.

Its amazing to see and hear the various opinions of the people arrived in Nova Scotia. Some hold the land as good, as the account given by Charles Dixon in his letters to England, others think them pretty good but nothing compared to C. Dixon's account - But a great many, especially the poorest sort, for which I'm greatly concerned, for I cannot see how they are to earn their bread or by what means they must be supported.

It's a meager year for bond returns compared to what may be in the offing in other asset classes.

It's disturbing to see a second worm so soon after the first, but it should be remembered that this is only two compared to well over 100,000 viruses for Microsoft operating systems.

It's disturbing to see a second worm for Mac OS X so soon after the first, but it should be remembered that this is only two compared to well over 100,000 viruses for Microsoft operating systems.

It's cool. That was an old school, split-the-house type of night. Thank God, (Lowry) plays for us. There have been a lot of great Philadelphia guards to play here. That's just a great thing to hear him compared on this night to some of them.

It was an interesting start to the 2006 season in Bahrain, which gave us the first opportunity to understand how the new qualifying and tyre change regulations would operate in race weekend conditions, and to gauge our genuine competitiveness compared with the other teams. Of the latter, it was a reassuring race for Team McLaren Mercedes with the performance of the car meeting our expectations.

It was a pretty good report, not great, but compared to estimates it was well above.

It was a pretty good case compared to what they have left.

It was like a very long dream, and we're finally waking up. Gasoline by any measure is still very, very inexpensive compared to anywhere.

Okay, enough about me. You all thought getting shoved by Jeff Gordon at Bristol was controversial. That's peanuts compared to what went down in Texas.

No team could be compared with them but we are counting on the good cricket we've played recently. I have little doubt about the ability of my players and I want stubborn efforts from them.

It was a good day, a good day. Competition-wise ... you start getting some quality performances in and we'll go back and look where these performances are compared to last year and where we need to be. We'll see how that is.

It's very light compared to the way it was years ago. I hear all the equipment weighed something like 70 pounds, and the cover was made of leather, which would soak up water. This is plastic covered and easy to move around in.

It's tough, but it's a lot of fun. It's different in college compared to high school, because you play two seasons, spring and fall.

It turns out that a woman's chance of being cured is 30 times greater than having a fatal complication or side effect from taking the drug, ... So if the woman takes the drug, her rate of benefit compared to risk is 30 to one.

It used to be when you went to the airport, you didn't know whether you were going to go or not. Compared to the bad old days, things are definitely better,

It takes a little over a month for us to develop a recombinant vector vaccine compared to a minimum of several months via traditional methods. This capacity will be particularly invaluable if the virus begins to mutate rapidly, a phenomenon that often limits the ability of traditional vaccines to contain outbreaks of mutant strains.