Drop a second device on Surface and the system will offer up point-by-point comparisons of the two phones.

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At this point such comparisons are scary possibilities, not likely outcomes.

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On balance the quarter was a respectable one, although some detractors point to easy comparisons to the quarter a year ago that saw a number of one-time and restructuring costs.

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But Twell, who was born in Colchester and raised in another garrison town Aldershot, is comfortable enough with her own abilities to point out that the comparisons with Radcliffe can be overdone.

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At one point, Obama even welcomed the comparisons to McCain.

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Year-to-date tells a different story, but the chart on the dollar comparisons to these currencies all point upwards.

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In the inevitable comparisons with his predecessor, Benedict XVI, some will point to the new pontiff's credentials as a local bishop, rather than a Vatican insider.

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