31.   They compare the situation to on-line trading, which full-service brokerage firms are treating gingerly, presumably out of the same fear.

32.   Thomas tried to compare the situation with the time Holyfield brought in veteran Texas trainer Kenny Weldon to work the handpads.

33.   Weld compared the situation in New England to that in the Pacific Northwest, where a natural disaster was declared last year in response to the shrinking salmon population.

34.   When Americans compare their own glowing situation with that of most of the rest of the industrial world, they can be forgiven a touch of smugness.

35.   You people have been talking about how hard the course is, so you have to compare the situations.

36.   Rault compared the situation to alumni associations that buy or lease fraternity houses on or near college campuses.

37.   Actor Sidney Poitier compared the situation in Afghanistan to South African apartheid.

38.   Actor Sidney Poitier compared the situation to South African apartheid.

39.   Blair compared the situation between Arabs and Israel to that in Northern Ireland, where he recently helped broker a power-sharing agreement between Protestants and Catholics.

40.   Carrard compared the situation to the father-son Bush presidencies in the United States.