In The Daily Telegraph, the critic Charles Spencer said that Mr. Pullman's books transcended the obvious comparison to the Harry Potter series.
This radically simple format bears out the trio's confidence, not only because the sketches are leanly constructed and advertise a fine eye for funny character, but because – and here's where the show transcends radio-comedy comparisons – the threesome are visually as well as verbally amusing.
However, these analyses have rarely transcended to the comparison of responsibility practices in developing countries with that of developed countries.
BOOK -- "Becoming a Category of One: How Extraordinary Companies Transcend Commodity and Defy Comparison" by Joe Calloway (2003) WHY -- "I'm given many management/business books by friends, colleagues and business partners but have little time to read.
There are obvious jokes to be made about the Allianz Arena — one could say that it resembles the Michelin Man, or even a soccer ball — but Herzog and de Meuron are too good to play trite visual games, and the building easily transcends such literal-minded comparisons.
Fortunately, this new world is weird enough to transcend the inevitable comparisons to the trilogy by Christopher Nolan.
Though he fudges enough facts to avoid being put on a Russian enemies' list, and evokes, in the relationship of grandmother and grandson, emotional scars that transcend mere politics, the simple comparison of the intact base and the destroyed town makes for a powerful accusation and a heartfelt elegy.
News of his ascent immediately transcended the world of climbing and drew comparison to the moon landing, Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier, and the mutant evolution of the X-Men.
Looking around at my fellow pupils, at my teachers, at my family, it all made compelling sense – whereas EM Forster's supreme, transcending message of "only connect" had little impact by comparison.
Noted similarities to superstar athletes Tiger Woods, Derek Jeter and James Blake set up an interesting comparison, but the premise of superstar qualities transcending sports into politics is troublesome on several levels -- not the least of which is compounding our infatuation with celebrities.
But Traylor's art also transcends such regional and temporal trappings by simultaneously evoking gratuitous comparison with the art of prior civilizations.
