Word: counterpart
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...Jarvis and captain Jose Gonzales, playing at numbers two and three respectively, scored Harvard's most decisive triumphs. Jarvis used a stinging forehand and a "Barnaby" drop shot to annihilate his opponent 6-1, 6-0. Gonzales showed slightly more compassion than "the Rock" as he clubbed his M.I.T. counterpart...
Robert is certainly a man driven by whim, the archetypal French man-of-the-world, and most of his character is lack of character. In the end, he discovers the character he has been hiding, and can no longer live with his counterpart Candice. She is the perfect Frenchman's American, and utters such lines as: "I always sleep well...when I'm in your arms," with consummate American soppiness. Yet Robert's infatuation is not unbelievable, for Candice's smiles are home-movie--and natural...
...Massachusetts, unfortunately, is not unique. These vague criteria for civil commitment (i.e., for people who have not been charged with any crime), have their counterpart in practically every other state in the country. According to Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of Law at the Law School, "Almost one million persons are today confined behind the locked doors of state mental hospitals, though never convicted of crime." The figure of one million is perhaps overstated, but figures from the National Institute of Mental Health show that between 600,000 and 850,000 people--depending upon which institutions are included--are presently...
Reyner looked impressive in his initial matches, crushing his counterpart from West Point 10-2 and then pinning his rival from Ithaca...
They are our counterpart to the visionaries of communism's radical left; they are, in a sense, technocracy's own Maoists...