Another senior law-enforcement official likened the weekend operation to cutting off the head of a Mafia family.

But officials likened it to an R&R break for combat troops.

Some Iranian officials have likened such a step to an act of war.

For thousands of dollars, corrupt officials and accused traffickers can easily buy an amparo, amounting to what one American official likened to a "Get-out-of-jail-free card."

A Western official likened such a capture to a personal medical operation.

Some officials likened their work to that of the civil rights pioneers, praising the emerging plan as a historic opportunity to fight poverty and reverse family breakdown.

American officials today likened the efforts to those in 1998 to shore up the yen.

One official likened the plan to the Air Force, which regularly purchases new planes and deploys them around the globe.

But officials at the utility likened homes whose power has already been restored to the easily reached "low hanging fruit" on a tree.

The officials who gathered to announce the engineering feat likened the fallen freeway to the city itself.