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Granted, compared with the devastation of Sept. 11, the filching of a flag is hardly cosmic.

Granted, compared with the rocket launching of Lin, Victor Cruz's unheralded rise to pass-catching prominence was aboard a hot-air balloon.

Mr. Harrison received stock options valued at $4.8 million at the time they were granted, compared with $46.2 million in 2000, though the awards booked that year covered two years of options grants, according to the regulatory filing.

In the U.S., Sharma believes that by the end of this year mobile patents will account for 25% of all patents granted, compared to just 5% in 2001.

Too few H-1B visas were granted compared to the demand in the U.S. Another problem was that the H-1B visa was employer-specific.

Only 2percentt of them were granted, compared to 24percentt for asylum seekers from all countries combined.

Granted, comparing New York and California -- especially Los Angeles, which is California as far as many New Yorkers are concerned -- is a pastime as old as a Mary Pickford movie.

Granted, comparing any other video game system to the PS2 is like comparing a light bulb to the sun, but you can only beat what's put in front of you.

For 2010, the foundation made a total of $647,500 in grants, compared to grants totaling $631,000 the prior year.

Overall, the N.E.A. made 78 grants, compared with 64 in 2011, totaling $3.55 million, compared with $4 million last year.

Mr. Bush said he would like to see "up to 50percentt" of the World Bank's $6 billion in annual outlays for the poorest countries provided in grants, compared with about 1percentt now.