Word: akin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...admit abhorrence of baseball in a nation that ranks the sport as its number one pastime is something akin to sin. But the sport has never interested me, and, further. I am usually filled with disbelief when I hear hard-core baseball fanatics...
...newest department, Computers. No section is ever christened without deliberate second-guessing and parent-like worry. But the decision this time seemed both easy and logical. Simply put, a Computers section added up. As TIME said in its 1978 cover story "The Computer Society," the new microtechnology is akin in significance to the moment prehistoric man first wrapped his fingers around a rock, thereupon enormously improving his competitive advantage against nature by becoming a user of tools. Computers constitute yet another quantum leap in the ability to cope with the world. This week's cover, "The Computer Generation...
...percent turnout requirement, a clause which caused confusion and subsequent protest. The clear familiarity with the specifies of the new government and the voting process thus diffuses any assertions that the vote signaled a resurgence of campus activism. Essentially, students voted against the status quo and nothing more, akin to booing a bad joke...
...They disperse to the appropriate locker room where, overdressed in clothes, they encounter the smug incumbents. In the women's room, all physical indignities, personal tribulations and great accomplishments are revealed and shared. Shelly, a Chicago mother of two and an architecture student, says, "Being here is most akin to the experience of having a baby...
...music, Calm, harmonious tunes are followed by screaming, distorted ones. Melodic, lush guitar textures give way to feedback and a multitude of strange noises. The title track, for example, begins with a chaotic intro of power chords and drum rolls; then feed-backing guitars enter producing a sound akin to the horn of a steamship...