The musical, with a book, music and lyrics by Jill Santoriello, a Broadway newcomer, arrived in New York amid rumblings of an unsure out-of-town tryout in Sarasota, Fla., and relentless comparisons with "Les Misérables," which was revived on Broadway two years ago; it received neither the best nor the worst of reviews when it opened on Sept. 18.
The new year is upon us, and there will be no escape from the relentless comparisons between the spacefaring future world we saw in Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the reality of our measly earthbound life in the real 2001.
They're in for a long season of mediocrity and relentless comparisons to the younger, shinier team in Brooklyn.
Given the relentless comparisons to 2011, Djokovic frequently needs to remind himself, and us, that: "It's been a long season and a long summer, but my year has been really good.
Then I wouldn't have to make those relentless comparisons between these new characters and the old ones: Carla is as fashion savvy as Joan, just as goofy a seductress, and nearly as insecure in her relationship; Alex is just as bemused, wry, and magnanimous as late-season Theo; you just know this is what he would've turned into after marriage.
As our kids get older, it's also a relentless string of comparisons between what they know that we were allowed to do when we were their age, and what they are not allowed to do now that we are the adults.
False comparisons, relentless schedules and incessant stimulation can all contribute to financial anxiety.
Meanwhile, even as catching rare characters increases your chances of winning battles against other players, it also engages the relentless machinery of social comparison.
There may be no comparison between Lanzmann's patient and relentless pursuit of personal testimony as a touchstone of ultimate history and Lewis's sentimental vision of a clown who sacrifices his life in the interest of the ultimate consolation.
The potential systemic differences in performance of natural, exhaust and mechanical ventilation in dwellings is the object of relentless debate among scientists, industry and policy makers, although comparisons found in literature often fail to compare the different systems on an equal basis.
