41.   Rappers and jocks are young black men with similar backgrounds and lots of disposable income and free time.

42.   Second, a federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order sought by commercial garbage haulers against similar background checks and regulation in their industry.

43.   Robbins said technology-oriented incubators have been successful because everybody in the cluster has a similar background, and established companies in the industry are attracted to them.

44.   Similarly, New York compares schools with similar socioeconomic backgrounds.

45.   Shipley and Labrecque share similar backgrounds and demeanors and Shipley is said to feel extremely comfortable working with Labrecque.

46.   Some audiences are more sympathetic to a person who looks like them with a similar background, he said.

47.   Some students, it seemed, felt more comfortable around people with similar backgrounds and picked their schools along those lines.

48.   Students of similar economic background usually outperform public-school counterparts in test scores, graduation rates and college entry.

49.   Switzer and Johnson come from similar backgrounds and have similar resumes.

50.   That is not the only difference between the two trainers, who come from similar backgrounds professionally but whose personalities are polar opposites.