1.   Animation is the favored Internet format because unlike video it is easy to shrink to a size that can be delivered quickly without sacrificing visual quality.

2.   Officials at the State Department were not similarly amused, influenced perhaps by the fact that unlike Giuliani they are not up for re-election in November.

3.   This is why, unlike dictatorship, democracy is never an imposition.

4.   However, economists believe similar capital flight is unlikely from China, where -- unlike Mexico -- most direct investment is in long-term projects rather than short-term speculation.

5.   But unlike plutonium it is usually stored under tight security in government military bases.