1.   Copper is a better conductor of electricity, and silicon makes for faster computer chips.

2.   Copper is a much better conductor.

3.   It is a better conductor than, say, rubber, but not nearly as good as copper.

4.   The notion that Americans are better conductors of American music is no more valid than the idea that only Russians can convey the essence of Tchaikovsky, Botstein said.

5.   What better conductor than James Levine?

6.   Splitting his time between Absolute, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and guest conducting in Europe, makes him a better conductor, he says.