Word: akin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Audiences chanting favorite lines from 'Casablanca' was in a small way akin to audiences present at theatres in ancient Greece," Harvey said...
...hardly the author's fault. It was much easier to write about life under Brezhnev without worrying about becoming dated, since virtually nothing ever changed under the dull, hairy Soviet leader. Writing The Russians was akin to painting with a skyscraper as a subject. Speed was not essential; the skyscraper wasn't going anywhere...
Black Christianity preaches a gospel of deliverance, the reality of a vivid flesh-and-blood Jesus and the urgency of spiritual rebirth. In that sense, all seven denominations are akin to white Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism. But black belief also insists that social and economic liberation is part of that gospel. No less important than the message has been the messenger. Uniquely, the black church has been the haven for an entire community's most visionary leaders, from Nat Turner, leader of the 1831 slave rebellion, to Oliver Brown, who filed the lawsuit that abolished school desegregation, to former Atlanta mayor...
Already, there have been billboards advertising American cigarettes at sporting events and around Bangkok, despite the current bans on advertising and imported cigarettes. Once the import ban is lifted, U.S. firms will no doubt use large point-of-sale displays akin to small billboards...
...that of wine coolers. A growing number of health and consumer groups are asking Canandaigua to recall all bottles until the packaging and marketing are revamped. Critics contend that Cisco's screw-top bottles, fruit flavors and availability in many convenience stores create the impression that the product is akin to wine coolers. Canandaigua insists that customers know Cisco is different from a wine cooler because it is more expensive and is sold in individual bottles rather than four-packs. Says a spokesman: "We are producing a legal product, legally packaged...