Still, no place can hold a candle to Silicon Valley and the Boston area in terms of startup activity, especially in the tech space.

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If you want fierce, gripping combat and a seriously deep gameplay experience that The Witcher 2 could simply never hold a candle to, go buy Dark Souls.

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High school is certainly a head-scratcher, no matter how old you are, but the mathematics of social hierarchies can't hold a candle to the mysteries of the buckyball.

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The finish to this English Premier League season won't hold a candle to the 2011-12 campaign, when Manchester City came from behind with two goals in the waning moments of its final game to snatch the title.

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The chicken cutlet sandwiches are fine enough, but they do not hold a candle to the delicious roast pork that fills their hoagies (all named for streets in Philly): the Pattinson Avenue with broccoli rabe and provolone is a house favourite.

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As good as the handheld's newfangled Tegra 4 chip seems to be, it still can't hold a candle to Nvidia's own GTX 680 -- Huang explained that the Shield can play more than just Tegrazone games -- it can take over your gaming PC, too.

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The smoothness and clarity of the streaming video, powered by RealNetworks (nasdaq: RNWK - news - people ) software, can't hold a candle to a standard television broadcast, nor a decent Internet video stream on a PC, but it's clear that the technology for streaming video to phones is coming along.

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