Word: counterpart
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chicago Institute of International Politics (TIME, Apr. 21, May 5), scholarly and scientific counterpart of the Williamstown Institute of Politics (held by some to be "popular"), entered into its sober deliberations. Dr. Herbert Kraus, of the University of Königsberg, East Prussia, was active, prominent...
Every sort of pessimistic prediction, however, was made on Mr. MacDonald's accession to the Premiership; but he still holds the reins, and his grip grows stronger, if anything. Whether his French counterpart will fare so-happily will depend upon his success in finding the common purpose of his variegated groups and in keeping this bond of political fellowship swell in the fore-ground...
...unfair, however, to draw from these premises any conclusions overwhelmingly complimentary to the foreign student, and disaparaging to the American. One has every reason to believe that in normal times the continental scholar was, on the whole, quite as dilatory, as indisposed to hard work, as his American counterpart. Where there were lean and hungry students there, working overtime to gain a higher education, there were also men of the same type here. But whereas conditions in the United States have been what is considered "normal" for a long time, and at present seem inclined to remain so, political...
...woman in the U. S. Senate when Mrs. Rebecca Latimer Felton, of Georgia, appointed to fill an unexpired term, served actively for one day. At present, however, the only woman in Congress is Mrs. Mae E. Nolan, Representative from San Francisco, a Republican. Will she soon have a Democratic counterpart...
...Little Entente is only "little" as compared with its counterpart, the Entente Cordiale. Actually its three members have a total population of more than 43,000,000, an area of 373,657 square miles, a regular army of more than 500,000 men. Compare France with a population of 39,000,000, 212,659 square miles (France proper), a regular army of about 335,000 in France proper...