Word: akin
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...chiefs will be following closely the reaction to a Philadelphia Police Department policy unveiled Tuesday that provides women's groups, such as Women Organized Against Rape and the Women's Law Project, with input and oversight pertaining to departmental policies for investigating rape cases. This may not exactly be akin to handing the reins of the NYPD over the NAACP, but law enforcement experts cite it as a revolutionary step in including a disaffected group in a department's policy-making. The Philly PD's sex-crimes unit has been the target of public ire for years, because - as former...
Charney said Vosgerchian made her "Harvard experience akin to some old Russian conservatory...
...Loeb Professor of Social Sciences David Cutler, choosing the most qualified graduate students from the already talented applicant pool is akin to choosing just the right house...
James suggested mandatory community service, others offered football and others business. All found some surrogate cause to replace defense of one's country; something akin to team spirit would replace wartime patriotism...
Clad in white and off-white gi with belts of all colors outside Rec Room 1, the mostly-graduate student Hapkido Club met me with raised eyebrows. I would definitely be checking my ego at the door. It felt something akin to showing up for a cocktail party in overalls...