They are apples and oranges, not comparable.

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Sam calculated performance since 1945, so the periods are not exactly apples-to-apples, but they are close enough.

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They are the few bad apples that get all the headlines.

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You cannot count on selling apples to hedge oranges, because they are different fruits, come to market at different times and subject to mixture pricing risks.

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Firm fruits such as apples, pineapple and pears are particularly easy since they are harder to overcook.

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But articles like this position Flash as an apples-to-apples direct competitor to HTML5, when in fact, they are complementary.

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The apples and the people and the houses are all similar insofar as they share in the form of two-ness, which exists independently of material things to exist in pairs or human minds to think about them.

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It is very true that our experience, leadership, dedication, loyalty and the countless other personal attributes that were honed in the line of duty count for something and are desired traits from all employees and that you will never be able to fairly compare apples to oranges(military to civilian), but those are what they are, character traits!

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