91.   Chilean banks are well-disciplined compared with most in Latin America and are comparable to U.S. institutions in terms of safeguards for investors and depositors.

92.   Civil damages in discrimination suits, meanwhile, are paltry compared with those in the United States.

93.   Concocted to hold audiences for brief stretches over a long period, they are rudimentary compared with the convolutions of, say, P.D. James.

94.   Council member Judson Robinson said the money the city will spend on the event is minimal compared to the revenue it will bring to the city.

95.   Connecticut stocks rose, led by General Re Corp., whose shares climbed amid investor confidence that financial services stocks are inexpensive compared with expectations for future earnings.

96.   Creating a switch that moves light from one channel to another is easy compared to the challenge of switching light at different wavelengths through thousands of different channels.

97.   Credit quality was stable compared with the year-earlier period.

98.   Despite the strong words, the outcome was never in doubt, and the debate was lackluster compared with that of previous years.

99.   Dan Dierdorf is mellifluous compared to Paul Maguire....

100.   Despite some fumbling and evasion, the Clinton administration has been forthcoming compared to the Bush and Reagan administrations.