21.   The arguments over the quality of corporate information continues, but no one seems to claim that the general public is any worse off today.

22.   The economy in Haiti is in shambles, and people there are, if anything, worse off than the Cubans, said Haitian advocates.

23.   The girls that Susanna encounters at Claymoore are, as expected, worse off.

24.   The more attention Green draws to himself, the worse off he seems to get.

25.   The policy as it stands will make most Americans worse off, by forcing them to pay more for their steel.

26.   The result is that charter schools have pupils worse off even than the average public-school child.

27.   There are a lot of guys worse off than me.

28.   Under these circumstances, husbands who insist on owning everything their wives produce will find themselves worse off.

29.   Tyumen Oil, by contrast, is no worse off.

30.   When considered in this context, fairness dictates that any health-care reform undertaken not leave younger workers worse off than their parents and grandparents.