1.   Because with public opinion, only Saddam Hussein has a worse case than the Mariner owners.

2.   The only player who had a worse sixth inning was Marlins shortstop Edgar Renteria.

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

4.   He had no worse than a tie for eighth in his last five tournaments, including a victory in the Las Vegas Invitational.

5.   Navjot Sidhu had the worse of it.