1.   Although he seemed to be inviting unfavorable comparisons, many critics commended his gutsy choice.

2.   And certainly some network executives resent the constant unfavorable comparisons between the freedoms of cable and the limits of network television.

3.   Both of them struggle with unfavorable comparisons to their heroic dad.

4.   But Clemens finished the inning, and for now he has put to rest all the concerns and unfavorable comparisons, and met all the expectations.

5.   He said Italian customers do not make unfavorable comparisons with local pastry.

6.   It refused to shut, drawing an immediate unfavorable comparison with Lexus, whose trays, cup holders and glove box door glide open and shut like jewel boxes.

7.   Lofgren has been able to make her own unfavorable comparisons with the Watergate hearings.

8.   Paul Spoljaric drew the unfortunate assignment of replacing Randy Johnson in the Seattle rotation Sunday night, circumstances that begged for inevitably unfavorable comparisons.

9.   The new generation of leaders need to be able to define their own identities without risking unfavorable comparison with their elders.

10.   Unfavorable comparisons are old hat to him by now.