Word: akin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dialogue does not means position, papers, it means something akin to a seminar where ideas are exchanged in close proximity," he said...
There seems to be a debate between those committed feminists who regard the attitudes espoused within the newsletter as something akin to a crime committed by a "bastion of beer swilling misogynists," and Club members, who treat the matter lightly and cannot understand the commotion over such an innocuous thing as a joke, a parody. On one level, of course the newsletter was a joke (crude though it was). Yet one cannot help but sense that the basis of such joking lies in something concrete, in the images of women that are continuously reinforced by advertising, books, television, movies...
...larger local armies will bring more war than peace to the region, turn their islands into U.S. satellites and thrust them into the middle of superpower conflicts. Says Dominica's former Finance Minister Michael Douglas: "During the last few months, we have seen a lot of military assistance akin to that in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras...
...That is the heart of the issue. The same lesson needs to be learned by the U.S.S.R. The difference between the two countries, however, is that the Soviets do not care about using power humanely but prefer to exercise their strength through brutality. We are caught in a situation akin to the proverbial contest with the skunk. Both of us get covered by the wretched smell, but the skunk does not care. He thinks that is a powerful nation's natural odor...
...surprising that many of the curators see the collections as akin to libraries; things are collected that might never be used but are simply preserved for certain classical traits. Like many libraries, the Museum has a rare books collection...