Word: akin
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Officials there, realizing they have an image problem akin to that of bars during Prohibition, are trying to beat the system just like Al Capone did: with bribes. At registration, they handed out 2,500 Radcliffe calendars, 5,000 guidebooks, and more than 4,000 t-shirts trumpeting "A Tradition of Remarkable Women." I passed on the t-shirts at registration, but Radcliffe, trying to curry favor with the campus press and perhaps knowing I haven't done any laundry yet, sent me one in the mail...
...befits what is still an infant medium, CU-SeeMe's performance is a little sluggish on most Net links -- the black-and-white images are akin to something you might see in a nickelodeon -- but capabilities are improving quickly. Viewing choices are limited by the fact that right now there are only a few dozen Net sites, most of them academic, with CU-SeeMe capability. Browsers might end up staring at an empty physics lab in Norway or a blank chalkboard in Israel. But already CU-SeeMe promises low-cost video conferencing for students, journalists and the dateless. Using...
...Oglesby says he does see is a shortage of families willing to pay adoption fees -- which range from $3,500 to $50,000 for a private adoption. "You're talking about a race of people who were brought here in slavery," he says. "Paying money for a child is akin to slavery." Instead of charging prospective parents a fee, Oglesby handles his expenses with donations from Hollywood entrepreneurs and the $3,000 that the government pays him for each foster child he places...
...findings in his book are more akin to the spiritual realm, not the physical he says...
Artistically, Passion is one of the great turnarounds. During previews, it seemed hopeless. The obsessed woman struck spectators as akin to a stalker, too creepy to induce sympathy. Her unstinting devotion resembled emotional blackmail. The narrative, two hours without intermission, felt strained and wearisome. Many theatergoers fidgeted or tittered in the wrong places. (There aren't many right places to laugh in Passion, which makes no use of Sondheim's greatest gift -- a talent for writing intricate comic lyrics that fit the characters.) Sensing disaster, Sondheim and director-librettist James Lapine revamped the plot, recast a major role, picked...