Word: ilk
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...injustice," says Vaughan, who marvels at how the movement has drawn in youthful nonconformists of every stripe. Keith Mann, an adjunct professor of history and sociology at DePaul, agrees that all the antiglobalist roads seem to converge on a single point. "The students feel they are of the same ilk, but they're not sure why," he says. "In an age of diffuse power, this is something students can grab onto. The IMF and the World Bank are a clear and present power...
...taken against any employee who uses any code name other than the officially designated one to refer to the candidates. Particularly harsh action will be taken against anyone who refers to candidate Sundance as "Timber," "Maple," or any other arboristically derived term. The names "Android," "Hal," and their ilk are also expressly prohibited in reference to Sundance. Similarly, any reference to candidate Tumbler as "Shrub," "Junior," or "Preppy" will be acted on accordingly...
...Hillary Clinton, it's certainly another piece of baggage to add to a collection that's already big enough to fill a Louis Vuitton showroom. And that may be both comforting and not for the veep and First Lady. Comforting because it's just another problem of the same ilk as several they've faced - and survived - before; not so comforting because there's always the chance that this particular allegation may finally tip the scales of public opinion fully against those associated with the Clinton regime...
...contrast, national politicians of every ilk have recently distanced themselves from ideas of expansive government with broad social mandates...
...denunciations of final clubs and their ilk, their detractors play the same game. Everyone does. It might not be as obvious, but every single organization on campus is, in effect, a jumping-off point for making and using connections. Every group, from the Juggling Club to Model United Nations, allows its members to expand their web of who they know, tapping into this network at later moments in their life, whether it's for a job, a recommendation or a good place to buy a set of snow tires. The routine simply is not limited to final clubs or other...