Word: akin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This weekend in Bethlehem, that type of pressure, no mater what Kleinfelder desires, will rise to a peak, akin to say, squatting naked at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean...
...real thrust of Tsongas' program lies in his efforts to shore up America's declining manufacturing base. He calls far more strongly than Clinton for an industrial policy that would pick winners among emerging new industries. To do that, Tsongas would create a federal office somewhat akin to Japan's famed Ministry of International Trade and Industry that would finance and develop new technologies. But the problem, as critics of industrial policy never tire of pointing out, is that no one really knows which promising discoveries today will blossom into thriving industries tomorrow...
...more than one-third. But in fact the situation today is worse. While many parts of the U.S. economy are struggling through the recession, few are as hard hit as energy. By every measure, these are among the toughest times since that first gusher at Spindletop in 1901 -- more akin to the Great Depression than the cyclical booms-and-busts since...
...formatting of the interviews is painfully homogeonized and formulaic. Each woman claims a chapter, at the head of which, in true yearbook style, is a photograph of the writer. At the end is a comprehensive list of the writer's publications, akin to the roster of a good sorority member's extra curricular activities. And each interview closes with a saccharine epilogue on the value of each woman writer to American letters...
...going to happen in the former Soviet Union is uncertain, so Turkey's position is more important than before. A new window of opportunity has opened for us with the Turkic republics. They speak our language. ((Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan speak Turkic languages. In Tajikistan the language is akin to Iranian Farsi.)) We are urging them to remain secular and to switch to the Latin alphabet...