Word: counterpart
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Spandau prison in East Berlin, the commander of the Russian guard pulled off his glove to greet his U.S. counterpart with the barehanded grip of friendship...
Modified Bop. The life of a G.I. musician, even in the rear-line luxury of Seoul, would set his Stateside counterpart bawling for Petrillo. After playing for dances until around 11, he is likely to be up at 6 without even so much as a cup of coffee, bouncing over pitted streets to one of the airfields to play ruffles & flourishes and the General's March for visiting brass. In winter weather, instruments have to be doused with antifreeze, and metal mouthpieces have to be kept in pockets until the last minute. Army bands are not required to play...
Over 50 students met last night in Sever Hall to lay the foundations of the University Athenaeum, a Harvard counterpart to the Oxford Union. After discussing the "premier meeting" Sunday night, the group broke up into Conservative and Liberal caucuses to map plans for the floor debate over the question "Have the Intellectuals Sold Out America...
...professional anti-Red magazine Alert (West Coast counterpart of Counterattack) published, a handy list of 522 Hollywood and Los Angeles "cited Reds," drawn, it said, from the committee hearings, and thoughtfully tacked on the names of their accusers...
...Harvard enrollment promises to deepen next year, as the College tuition rise makes itself felt. There are good reasons for the Summer School's concern over its dwindling Harvard population. The School looks to the Harvard undergraduate to keep the August honor grade the approximate equal of its February counterpart. Because of its high standards the Summer School is one of the few that the College can justly accredit. But if its future standards slide, Harvard can hardly with any fairness, continue giving College credit for summer courses...