Word: counterpart
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Where the organization has no counterpart at the other college; a) Radcliffe students may join the Harvard organization up to the point at which there are enough girls in it to form a Radcliffe group (20 girls). They must then form their own Radcliffe organization; b) Harvard students may join a Radcliffe organization up to the point at which they form a majority, when they must form their own Harvard group...
...respectable defense. Up with Belcher, key man in the center pick-off offensive, are aggressive forward Joe Shaw and high-scorer Dave Reynolds, who tossed in the winning basket in a recent overtime game against Eliot. Julie Garelich is one of the better guards in the league, but counterpart Jim Ross is on the hot-and-cold side...
...functioned well enough mechanically but were frequently grounded by Arctic snow flurries and overcast. The U.S. Army's snow vehicle, the Weasel, was a dismaying failure; of 100 brand-new Weasels put into action, nearly half broke down in the first five days. The Canadian Army's counterpart, the Penguin, stood up better but was too bulky to maneuver among the pines off the road. Before Sweetbriar was half over, observers were recommending that the Allied armies study the use of Arctic-conditioned dogs, mules and horses for transport...
...been too ill to pursue even the gentle life he set himself at Oxford. It is unlikely that he will follow again in the future either the flags of his youth or the dreams of his middle age, but the zest that once stirred Masefield can still find counterpart in his readers even if theirs is also pretty much just habit...
...better book in every way, but his debt to We is quickly apparent. In the Russian's novel the characters live in glass houses where state agents can watch them; in 1984 they are spied on by "telescreen." Zamiatin's dictator, the Benefactor, is a counterpart of Orwell's Big Brother. In both, a love affair leads to the hero's undoing. In both, he rebels against the state, is trapped, punished and spiritually crushed...