Word: akin
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...practice of free trade with Japan is akin to acceptance of a grievous handicap in that Japan does not abide by the same set of rules, that is resulting in a historic transfer of wealth from the U.S. to Japan. I have little faith in the trade agreements that have been signed between the U.S. and Japan because they only are conceived after great pressure has been applied and frequently before global summit-conferences in order to reduce world-wide media attention on Japan. For those nations whose trade policies are based on free trade and allow equal access...
...former California Governor Jerry Brown and a delegation of Democratic Party state leaders are just beginning a breathless one-day inspection tour in which they will boldly pass judgment on Hungarian democratic procedures. Brown is having trouble grasping the significance of the upcoming March 15 national holiday; this is akin to a Hungarian being mystified by American fireworks on July 4. For March 15 is the anniversary of the failed 1848 Hungarian revolution and the date previously favored by anti- Communist dissidents for illegal protests. A Forum leader explains that his party plans to press its rivals to suspend campaigning...
Fandom is akin to love. When one partner in this transaction turns brazenly mercenary, something less savory develops. Baseball, as its devotees never tire of arguing, is America, writ small but indelibly on green grass between white lines. When the current tawdry spectacle moves out of hotel rooms and onto diamonds, the breakthrough should prompt not only cheers but also some sadness that the springtime rite of innocence and rejuvenation has been sullied by avarice and bad blood...
Many physicians still deride mind-body therapies as something akin to quackery. Some fear that patients may abandon standard treatment to try unproved therapies. Doctors are also concerned that patients may blame themselves for not being able to control illness. "It is enough to have a diagnosis of cancer," says Dr. Jimmie Holland, chief of psychiatry at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. "It is too much to be told you caused the damn thing...
...course, The Experience really started yesterday morning. Hopefully, you didn't begin by mistakenly proposing a 7 a.m. breakfast to your Ivied offpsring. Inviting a Harvard student to anything at the crack of dawn is akin to requesting a special order of duck a l'orange at the Harvard Union. It's just not done...