Word: counterpart
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Style is as much on everyone's mind as substance. Many were trying to make nice, as members spoke endlessly of the virtues of bipartisanship and pledged to work together. South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, the new House majority whip and his minority counterpart, Blunt, held a joint event, with Clyburn accepting an actual whip and the pair praising each other. Clyburn said he and Blunt "would continue to have our good working relationship." Blunt, the man in charge of blocking the Democrats' agenda, not only extolled Clyburn, but said "there's a lot to admire about Nancy Pelosi." Clyburn...
...tenure in statewide office of any nominee from either party since 1952, when first-term Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson took on Dwight Eisenhower, who had not held elective office. One of Obama's likely opponents, Delaware's Joe Biden, served in the Senate for a decade before his Illinois counterpart even graduated from college; Obama's legislative record from his two years in Washington is so slim that one of his biggest accomplishments was a bill he got passed that creates a Google-like database where Americans can search all government spending. In October, Kerry, who is considering another presidential...
...UNH.Although the Wildcats could be happy that their effort paid off with a tie, Kessler and the Crimson successfully frustrated one of the nation’s best teams in an impressive way in the second period. UNH outshot Harvard, took one penalty, and generally seemed to outplay its counterpart on the ice.Nevertheless, Cahow’s fifth goal of the season on the Crimson’s lone power play meant that the Wildcats left the ice at the second intermission with a larger deficit.“Probably the most disheartening thing for us was that we outshot...
...Turkey trip will be hailed as a great success of Vatican diplomacy, and the Holy See's new Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, can take a chunk of the credit. The softer tones on Islam, the visit to the mosque, openly warm exchanges with Benedict's Orthodox counterpart, the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I - and no major glitches - means the Pope returns to Rome with a new dose of what he sorely needed when he left: consensus. The Regensburg speech, and the risk it might incite violence, divided many Catholics - even those who may have instinctively agreed with...
...know what she’s going through. She’s awesome.”But it was the Crimson’s Martin who got the better of the battle, allowing only one goal on 20 shots in a 3-1 win. Her counterpart made 30 saves but came away with the loss. At the close of play for the weekend, the two Martins stand second and third in the country in save percentage. Kim ranks No. 2 at .946; Brittany comes in third at .940.Then, on Saturday, the Bright Center crowd got its first look at highly...