Some clubmakers were so talented, however, they could be compared to great American colonial furniture craftsmen, famous cabinetmakers like the Goddards and Townsends of Newport.
In Rolling Stone, Shilts is compared to great American writers whose careers were made by the circumstances surrounding them, such as Thomas Paine in the American Revolution, Edward R. Murrow during the Blitz, and David Halberstam during the Vietnam War.
And now, at just 19 years old, the PSG forward is already being compared to greats of the game, like Messi and Pele.
Berberova has been compared to her great Russian antecedents -- Gogol, Tolstoy and Chekhov -- and not without reason.
Millions of Argentines were pushed into poverty in a crisis that has been compared to the Great Depression in the United States.
Worcestershire matchwinner Jack Shantry has been compared to the great Ian Botham after the all-round performance which inspired his team to promotion.
His prose style has been compared to that of the great 16th-century Spanish writer Luis de Góngora.
"Not only to be compared to former great tennis players, but especially now with other great sporting athletes".
In the years after the movie, many overzealous sports fathers would be compared to The Great Santini.
He was compared to the great Victorian actor, Sir Henry Irving, who was capable of mesmerising an audience.
