Word: counterpart
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...group in 1943, to assure "the continuance of the liberal and humane tradition." And though the Committee's findings were in no sense regarded as supreme pronouncements, they did much to set the terms of curriculum debate among college and secondary school educators. In the style of its Soviet counterpart the Faculty Committee suggested a new "line" for thought on education; in a more down-to-earth American tradition it was careful to tie all ideological utterances to concrete problems and practicable recommendations; and in the best ecumenical spirit it included among its members eminent scholars representing a cross-section...
Blue Cross, which pays hospital bills, and Blue Shield, its counterpart for covering doctors' bills, both employ the traditional insurance concept of protecting the individual by spreading the risk of financial loss among many people...
...money is readily available in Egypt in the form of counterpart funds: money the U.A.R. paid to the U.S. but which cannot be used anywhere but in Egypt. Thus this wonder of the ancient world might easily be saved without the cost of one cent to U.S. taxpayers...
...Master of an Oxford college has more authority than his Harvard or Yale counterpart. For one thing, he has been elected by the dons of the college. He has more power, and work, since he has a considerable say in the government of the whole University. The Oxford Vice-Chancellor roughly corresponds to the Harvard President, but his position is taken in turns by the college heads. The Chancellor, currently Harold Macmillian, is a figurehead...
...were bored with The Island, the Brattle will present for the rest of the week an indigenous counterpart, Seven Samurai. This rousing epic is the best of its type, and you won't need drugs to stay awake...