"As good" in this case means as interesting, as volatile, as cutthroat as the first bunch, many of whom became mini-celebrities as a result of their exposure to audiences that numbered 51 million in one night.
Patriotism is as volatile as any emotion; once released, it can assume ugly forms.
"But stem-cell research is as volatile as any subject can get.
"In an industry as volatile as ours, it's a good discipline to self-regenerate leadership.
And of course, the Internet has made the news business increasingly keen on the latest wrinkle of the latest breaking story, as if Tiger Woods' marriage was a currency to trade, as volatile as the buck in a financial crisis and every tidbit inversely valuable to its age.
In a business as volatile as the media, giving up a cushion of steady earnings growth takes courage.
Change does not happen overnight, even in an industry as volatile as motion pictures, and for a few more years the two Hollywoods continued to exist side by side.
In fact, its returns are about half as volatile as the stock market as a whole.
"You are not looking at something as volatile as the price of a barrel of crude.
As for bonds, ten-year Treasury notes are only two-thirds as volatile as they were a decade ago.
It is as volatile as the Dow Jones on a day of seesaw, high-volume trading, as Mr. Stone and the screenwriters (Allan Loeb and Stephen Schiff) scramble to capture the cacophonous cultural rhythms of right now, not so long ago and some vaguely recollected bygone age when things were different.
