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  • v  behave well or properly
  • v  behave in a certain manner

  • A judge said a $33 million settlement over Merrill Lynch bonuses does not comport with the most elementary notions of justice and morality.
  • That violent ebb and flow of cash did not comport with the banking patterns Madoff had demonstrated in the prior decade and should have raised alarms at the bank, said Howard .
  • Still, she knows how Carter Cash must have felt as a kid expected to comport herself like a pint-sized grown-up.
News & Articles

  • ROUNDUP: Griesemer, Boyertown Legion blank Exeter, 6-0
    The Boyertown Bears didn't fail to thrive at home Thursday night. To the contrary, they rode a wealth of pitching and hitting to a 6-0 victory over Exeter's American Legion baseball team at Bear Stadium. Tyler Comport led the Bears at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two RBI, while Zach Moser scored two runs. Cory Fox, Luke Stong, Dalton Hughes and Ronnie Mauger each scored once. Boyertown's ...
    June 14, 2013 - The Mercury
Quotes

  • John McCain in FOXNews
    This is about leadership and learning,McCain said in Nevada, where he was campaigning. "To say that we're failing in Iraq and not succeeding does not comport with the facts on the ground, so we've got to show him the facts on the ground."
  • Joe Biden in International Herald Tribune
    It's all out there, in the clear public view,Biden said. "I didn't always comport myself in the way that I wanted to."
  • Dana Perino in Guardian Unlimited
    Claims by the White House that some sections were removed because they did not - as Perino said - "comport with the science" in the UN panel's report were challenged by Boxer's staff.

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