Word: counterpart
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While the men's squash team dominated the 50th Cowles individual tournament, the women's team participated in the inaugural year of the Cowles Tournament for women. In its first year, this female counterpart of the tournament attracted mainly Harvard players and alumni...
...board, one of the University's two governing bodies, is responsible for approving the major decisions of its more powerful counterpart, the Harvard Corporation. The 30 overseers meet at least five times yearly, advising the University's president and influencing its long-term policies...
BEIJING: Chinese officials arrested and ordered the expulsion of U.S. diplomat Bradley Gerdes on charges of spying in restricted military areas. Gerdes was arrested along with Kenji Maetani, his Japanese counterpart, while traveling through the southern town of Suixi. U.S. officials insist the two diplomats were traveling with the permission of the Chinese government. So why the expulsion? Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz reports that the Chinese may simply be retaliating for the Clinton Administration's decision to grant a transit visa to Taiwanese Vice President Li Yuan-zu: "Such moves pique China, because in Beijing's view...
...political-action committees. During the first six months of this year, it was House Republicans who got nearly 60% of campaign contributions from the same sources. In that same period the National Republican Congressional Committee raised $18.7 million, four times the amount that went to its Democratic counterpart...
Constantly dictating the scenes in a passive-aggressive manner, Zahedi indeed resembles his Jewish counterpart as a control freak. The movie's few merits lie in Zahedi's documentary-like style, which exposes the dynamics of his relationships with his father and sibling. The method of allowing events to unfold carries potential for rendering a great film, but doesn't suit the nervous, controlling filmmaker. This ill-suited union only succeeds in begetting a drawn-out series of irritating, contrived and poorly shot scenes of a man exhibiting his warts...