Word: akin
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Politicians in the Philippines are often combative, even outrageous. But when it comes to the issue of contraception, they keep awfully quiet. They know the Catholic Church considers artificial birth control immoral, unholy and akin to abortion, and they know the church plays hardball. Senator Rodolfo Biazon dared to propose a family-planning bill last fall that is still looking for a co-sponsor. For his trouble, the ex-Armed Forces Chief of Staff was branded "antichurch" by the president of the hugely influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, and "Satan" and "anti-Christ" by the faithful. That...
...student, Eduardo Cadaval, proposed renovating and widening the Anderson bridge to incorporate shops and fountains and cafes into one, big, bustling streetscape, running into a bridge akin to Florence’s famous Ponte Vecchio, where art, gold, and silver have been bought and sold since the 16th century...
...hear such sentiments from enraged street protestors, about to torch an American flag. On the 'Arab street,' the Iraqi dictator has always been able to count on the support of the lumpen element - the ill-informed, reflexively anti-Israel and anti-American mob that sees in Saddam something akin to a working class hero, his very survival a slap in the face of the hated United States...
...performers eventually warm up to the reality star--which is nice of them, seeing as how they're starring in a reality show themselves. But this little incident epitomizes a key moment in the evolution of celebritus americanus, akin to the day Neanderthal man first came face to face with the Cro-Magnon: reality stars, and at least the lower tier of "real" celebrities, have become indistinguishable. As reality TV has turned the likes of Richard Hatch and Kelly Clarkson into cheap, commodified and replaceable mini-celebs, the culture of celebrity has changed. "In Hollywood," says David Perler, executive producer...
...Powell looks like a success." The intense and driven Rice has not always been a force for moderation. When public support for taking down Saddam flagged last summer, she turned up the volume on links between Baghdad and al-Qaeda. Rice shares a bond with Bush that is akin to family. She is often the first of his staff to speak to him in the morning, after her 5 a.m. workout, and the last to brief him at night. "When he leaves here," says a top aide, "she will be the last one to turn out the light." --By John...