Word: counterpart
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...film--most of the time the actors shout to each other from across a room--that the little wit he put into the script gets swallowed up by the chandeliers. And Astaire needed the foil of stupid, stuffy Edward Everett Horton to show off his own urbanity. Reynold's counterpart to Horton is his mother, normally silly Mildred Natwick, who breezes in and out in two scenes with exceptional sanity, leaving Reynolds only his own acting ability to prove his sophistication. Unfortunately, that's not enough. Eileen Brennan as a crass, nymphomaniacal maid is a welcome counterpart to Shepherd...
...strategy to fill a partial vacuum in network programming. CBS and NBC mount full-length documentaries from time to time, but not regularly. CBS' excellent 60 Minutes generally tackles a number of subjects each week in what TV journalists call a magazine format, as does its monthly NBC counterpart Weekend...
...Radcliffe freshmen announced yesterday they are forming a female counterpart to the Harvard Krukodiloes to debut in either June or September...
...howitzer shell, produced by the Groupement Industriel des Armements Terrestres, is described as having "a better ballistic coefficient" than its American-made counterpart...
Cornell coach Dick Bertrand plans no major lineup changes from his last encounter with the Crimson except that sophomore Dave Chrastina will replace Steve Kelleher in the nets. Kelleher did not play as well as his Harvard counterpart, Brian Petrovek, in the Crimson's January victory...