41.   Brazil is rich compared to most of the countries where the disease is an epidemic.

42.   A tie-in would give AOL greater access to the Japanese market, where computer-based use of the Internet is minimal compared with that in the United States.

43.   Actual cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human manifestation of mad-cow disease, are minuscule compared with total European beef consumption, he said.

44.   Adding more excitement is that the FleetCenter, which is air-conditioned compared to the old Boston Garden, may even divert some acts from Great Woods.

45.   Actually, a second-round pick would be cheap compared to what the New York Jets had to pay New England to hire Bill Parcells before last season.

46.   After all, any conceivable amount funneled from some future lottery would be small compared to the gifts from foundations, corporations and individuals that now support the arts.

47.   Again, selection is slim compared to the brick-and-mortar store.

48.   Again, there were differences, but they were slight compared to the ones in the first tasting.

49.   Britain does not have the right to bear arms enshrined in its constitution and the number of firearms is minuscule compared with those in the United States.

50.   But acknowledging that there could be other risks from genetically modified papaya, Gonsalves said even these were minimal compared with the benefits.