1.   He made similar comments on Taunton and in Essex.

2.   Although Attorney General John Ashcroft had made similar comments a few days earlier on national television, several senators said Tuesday night that was not the point.

3.   Analysts said the testimony was not surprising, given similar comments from Federal Reserve Board governors in recent days.

4.   And his wife, who the night before made similar comments in her debut convention speech, sounded indignant at the suggestion she had made a personal attack.

5.   And in both instances, people involved in the talks have made strikingly similar comments.

6.   Armstrong has made similar comments in the past.

7.   As he spoke six colleagues nodded in agreement and offered similar comments from their bosses.

8.   At the same time, some investors questioned the importance of the Yellen report, which echoed similar comments a week earlier.

9.   A similar pessimistic comment at an earlier appearance in Casper, Wyo., helped send the stock market plummeting.

10.   Busch said he has made similar comments before.