1.   Alas, even Walter Matthau on a bad day looks radiant compared to a smiling Bob Dole.

2.   But colleges are reluctant to give tough grades, fearing their students will look dumb compared with those elsewhere.

3.   But Georgia does look strong compared with other up-and-coming technology centers with which it competes.

4.   But whatever problems it spotlights are apt to look pale compared with the gross abuse of power already perpetrated by the Giuliani administration.

5.   Certainly it is looking good compared with stagnant Europe and crisis-ridden Japan.

6.   Fourth-quarter earnings will look rosy compared with the dismal returns of a year ago, investors said.

7.   He looked casual compared to Nicole, who wore black pants, boots, a hot pink turtleneck and a long, black sweater coat.

8.   It looks harmless compared to the Waring and Vitamix.

9.   It looks small compared with the old one, and you can easily change it if you want.

10.   Kendall Square, with its brick high-rises and cleverly rehabilitated factory buildings, may look palatial compared with its sludgy former self.