Word: akin
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...group most threatened by technology is the tax prep software industry itself. A new generation of Web-based products, such as TaxAct, are slowly needling their way into the market dominated by Intuit and H&R Block. One reaction of the established players has been to offer services more akin to those of a professional preparer. People who sign up for Intuit's TurboTax Professional Pro supply tax data over the Internet and then have a phone conversation with a preparer, who ultimately does the filing. H&R Block's TaxCut Tango and Signature online products also have live...
...democracy but flourished under a colonial administration run for the most part by civil servants. Is Hong Kong ready for universal suffrage? For a territory that has had little experience with the rights and responsibilities of a full democracy, a sudden transition to democracy would be akin to parents giving their Ferrari keys to their teenagers, who will race wildly down the autobahn. Maurice Weya Templo, Jakarta...
Compared to the ghastly living conditions of so many Mumbaikers, the housing projects in Mattapan are akin to mini-Taj Mahal’s. Hyperbole perhaps, but the point I am trying to make is that it would be reasonable to anticipate that Mumbai’s murder rate would far exceed Boston?...
...Historians like Wright are trying to set the record straight every chance they get. They present papers for publication and at conferences. They fill pages and pages of websites debunking what they believe to be a myth akin to George Washington chopping down the cherry tree. They engage in heated debates on Underground Railroad and quilt studies e-mail lists. And a few months ago Barbara Brackman, a renowned quilt historian, even published her own book called Facts and Fabrications; Unraveling the History of Quilts and Slavery (C&T Publishing) to present what she considers to be an accurate assessment...
...decisions to "push forward with the things you were doing yesterday," as Edwards put it in a 60 Minutes interview. Reason: in recent years the treatment of what used to be dismissed as terminal cancer has shifted from a win-or-lose battle against acute illness to something more akin to managing a chronic disease - in many cases with extended periods of feeling just fine, thanks...