1.   Bocelli himself is a modest man and tenor-worshipper who would reject comparisons between his performance and those of some of the great Rodolfos on records.

2.   But the ambassador rejects the comparison.

3.   But the Swiss uniformly reject the comparison.

4.   But while Ms. Mitchell calls herself a poet, she heatedly rejects any comparisons of her work to that of women like Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton.

5.   Despite the job title, the agencies that hire the women reject any comparisons with prostitution and say that sexual relations with fans are formally discouraged.

6.   For his part, Lee both understands and rejects the comparisons.

7.   From his first day in Giants training camp, Barber rejected the comparison.

8.   Gailey, the former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator, rejects any comparisons to his predecessor, Barry Switzer, or talk of what went wrong last season.

9.   Greenberg flatly rejects the comparison.

10.   He also rejects any comparison between wars and ballgames.