Word: equalling
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Much of the data doesn't support this. After all, our football team has an all-time losing record against the Elis, and Harvard athletes seem to think that games against Yale are big, important ones, which would tend to suggest that Yale might actually be equal with us. Perish the notion...
Clinton had been wooing the police for years, by securing federal funding to put more cops on the beat and pushing gun-control measures (Dole opposed both). Still, there was enough Republican loyalty in the Fraternal Order of Police for its officers to give Dole an equal chance to win its endorsement. The F.O.P. sent both candidates a questionnaire about police issues. The White House replied with thoughtful answers, Dole's aides with canned rhetoric. Then union officers asked for personal interviews. Dole's staff responded with a form letter saying the candidate was too busy, but "we will keep...
...typewriter, and included such cinematic scenes as Saint Tropez's headless body drifting onto the shores of the city. "I've seen a lot of fetes, fiestas and festivals, every sort and variety of saints-day high-jinks all over the world," he wrote, "but never anything to equal the 'Bravades' of St. Tropez...
...based music writer who is working on a book of essays that will deal, in part, with hip-hop and American culture, says Shakur, who grew up fatherless, was drawn to the charismatic Knight as a father figure. Knight, for his part, says the relationship was a bit more equal: "He was the little brother, and I was the big brother." The tie was cemented when Knight posted a $1.4 million bond last year, releasing Shakur from prison while he appealed his conviction on a sexual-assault charge...
However, not all wonder drugs are created equal. Redux, despite the controversy that surrounds it, has a legitimate scientific pedigree. It has undergone thorough testing in animals and humans--including several large clinical trials--and has passed muster with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...