Russia is also a member of nearly every major international diplomatic, political or economic forum, wielding outsize influence compared with its true military or economic heft in the post-Cold War era.
The forum received almost no coverage compared with the march on the following day, or the ruckus caused by fringe protesters who occupied or attacked London shops and banks accused of dodging taxes.
Even though the last Democratic debate in Iowa was held just a day after the Paris terror attacks, which overshadowed much of news and the conversation in following weeks, the DNC's decision to host the forum on a Saturday torpedoed viewership, which came in at roughly 8.5 million, compared with the first forum in Vegas, which brought in 15.3 million viewers.
The first is the steady decline in the number of cases litigated in state court as compared with the federal forum.
Over at the VGChartz (with a Z!) forums, someone posted some fantastic screenshots of Grand Turismo: HD compared with real-life action shots from a race.
Compared with her regular roster of students, the forum fellows had "enormous inhibitions," Ms. Linklater said.
Compared with normative text, documents in social networks, such as forums and micro-blogs, exhibit more informal oral language.
A 2008 survey by the Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life found that about 72percentt of Mexican immigrants were Catholic, compared with 51percentt of other Latinos.
Mr. Lentz, speaking after an industry forum on the eve of the New York International Auto Show, said that sales rose 30 to 35 percent this month, compared with 2009.
The forum's Web site also indicates that 37 of the 2,150-plus 2,150-plusts will be religious leaders, comparticipants39 "public figures," 172 "academic experts" and 264 "press and media representatives".
