Word: counterpart
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Edward Boland, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, fumed that the document was "repugnant to a nation that condemns such acts by others. It embraces the Communist revolutionary tactics that the United States is pledged to defeat throughout the world." His committee launched an investigation, and its Senate counterpart scheduled a closed briefing by CIA officials...
...following the collapse of efforts to mediate the dispute by the U.N. Security Council and the Organization of American States. Argentina will hold a referendum on the Vatican settlement Nov. 25, but the result is not binding on the Argentine Congress, which, along with its rubber-stamp Chilean counterpart, is nonetheless expected to ratify the agreement...
...Canadian auto industry is virtually the mirror image of its larger U.S. counterpart, with plants stretching along the Great Lakes from Windsor, Ont., to Montreal. They are owned by Detroit's Big Four automakers, and 80% of the cars built go to the U.S. The auto-manufacturing operations of the two countries have long been operating together like a piston and a crankshaft...
...McClure's cultivated rightwing reputation could easily backfire on November 28. One of the most important responsibilities of the Senate Majority Leader is the ability to deal with his Democratic counterpart on a daily basis, and to be able to effect compromise on key policy issues; McClure's penchant for hostility towards the other party would seriously handicap his dealings with Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd...
...more so upon seeing the play performed. The play is replete with a number of similarities to Shakespearean drama, as well as notable differences and comparative weaknesses. One wonders whether Calderon, who wrote the play in 1636, had ever gotten the chance to read the work of his English counterpart, who died 20 years earlier. Certainly, there are striking parallels: the line "to a convent you must go," evokes shades of Hamlet's "nunnery" speech, for example...