As Obama knows, he's been widely compared, especially in Europe, to another young, charismatic Democrat — John F. Kennedy.
The case was widely compared to the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq.
The Bride's Farewell is her first historical novel, set in the 19th century, and has been widely compared with Hardy.
Inglis's case prompted a public outcry and was widely compared to that of another mother, Kay Gilderdale, who helped her 31-year-old daughter to kill herself.
While Laudrup called them "Europe's answer to Brazil", most went for what was probably an even more flattering comparison: they are the only side to have been widely compared to the Dutch team of the 70s.
And perhaps in part because the new first lady, Laura Bush, has not had the kind of professional life her predecessor had, it is Mrs. Cheney who is being widely compared to Hillary Rodham Clinton.
It was an auspicious debut for the sexy drama, drawing a half million more viewers than the March finale in Britain of "Sex and the City," to which "Housewives" has been widely compared.
In one scene, we see him in his bedroom, with a poster on the wall for Al Pacino in Scarface; four years on, the young French actor would be widely compared to Pacino in that very film.
He was widely compared to Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, who had acquired a similar reputation when he entered Parliament 18 years earlier.
Though the decision was widely compared to Argentina's recent expropriation of YPF, a Spanish-controlled oil firm, Bolivia gave Spain ample warning and promised to pay fair compensation.
