1.   At least two former top CIA officials have compared the task to being like the Wizard of Oz, pulling levers and pressing buttons attached to nothing.

2.   Court officials have compared the case against Dobronski to grist for a made-for-TV movie.

3.   EPA and health officials compare the effects of the haze to breathing secondhand tobacco smoke.

4.   Energy Department officials compare it to ceramic cups and plates, usually breaking into chunks and shards.

5.   Government officials compare the war on terrorism to the Cold War.

6.   In Shanghai, officials constantly compare their city to Hong Kong, some of them predicting it will eventually surpass its southern counterpart as a financial and commercial center.

7.   NASCAR officials compared that data to the new Monte Carlo.

8.   On Friday, Bedinghaus said campaign officials compared the names of people who had requested absentee ballots in Pinellas County with the signatures on the envelopes of those returned.

9.   Port Authority officials have compared the building to the one on Ellis Island.

10.   Union officials have even compared the current walkout with the historic Depression-era sit-down strike in Flint that forced GM to recognize the union in the first place.