1.  "Living it Up" is largely an analysis of advertising messages, which the author compares to Dutch still life painting in its deification of everyday objects.

2.  Had the authors compared the IQ scores of men and women, that might have been a cry of "Fire!" in a societal tinderbox.

3.  I marked the page in the Jimtown cookbook for buttermilk pie, which the authors compare to a cheesecake.

4.  In a carefully constructed novel, the author compares the art, attitudes, and even the lovemaking of the 18th and 20th centuries.

5.  The authors compared that trait to people buying clothes that match their existing wardrobe rather than going for something fresh.

6.  The authors compared the 1992 content to programs aired during the 1950s.

7.  The authors then compared Kevorkian's assisted suicides with those in Oregon and Washington State, where assisted suicide has been permitted.

8.  The questionnaire included a widely respected personality test that allowed the authors to compare the scores of each president to average Americans, as well as to each other.