1.   And judged purely by the numbers, it performs no better than a Porsche or Corvette.

2.   After two years, students in the schools they chose performed no better than children in comparable public schools.

3.   By the end of the year, the Richard Milburn School performed no better than the school district had.

4.   It said that they did not perform any better than older, cheaper, dumber weapons.

5.   Kovalski expects bank shares to perform no better than the overall stock market this year.

6.   New studies show that five popular alternative treatments - including acupuncture, magnets, and kava - performed no better than placebos.

7.   Over long periods, more expensive devices may not necessarily perform any better than those they supplanted, he said.

8.   The first aerodynamic headlights using replaceable bulbs had a different shape but performed no better than their sealed-beam predecessors.

9.   The patients could climb stairs faster and felt less fatigued, but they performed no better on exercise tests than the untreated patients.

10.   The shares of AutoImmune Inc. plunged in April after its drug to treat multiple sclerosis performed no better than a placebo in final-stage clinical tests.