First proposed in the U.S. in 1909 as a counterpart to Mother's Day, it was only officially recognized by Richard Nixon in 1972.
One way of looking at Belgium's divide is as a counterpart to the EU's split between a Germanic, frugal north and a subsidy-dependent Latin south.
Using them as a mobile counterpart to a traditional PC often requires some sort of duct tape and chewing gum solution to try and access the tools necessary or keep data in sync between the tablet and PC.
Without the powers to raise revenue and set a budget, the danger is that London's mayor will be as ceremonial a figure as his counterpart in the City.
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We have started to see a bit of a decoupling of the US economy from its European counterpart, as the data trend at home has been a positive one.
The Bank of Spain now has a claim of 1000 euros on the Eurosystem of central banks (as a whole, not merely its Greek counterpart).
The Select 1000 renders 3D graphics roughly twice as fast as its 500-MHz counterpart, a performance gain that will be obvious and compelling to most users -- most especially to seasoned PC gamers.
The main cost advantage that central Europe has over Germany and France is not low taxes, but low wages: an average Slovak worker is paid about a fifth as much as his German counterpart.
The new 10.1-inch slate isn't quite as aggressive as its Android counterpart and centers on a 1, 366 x 768 display, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, a 5MP rear camera paired with a 1.9MP front-facing cam, and ports for micro-HDMI as well as USB.
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It can also be an education that an expensive brand has a generic counterpart that works just as well.
Now it has the NYSE Group reportedly consulting advisors as it chews over a bid for its London counterpart.
It is neither as famous nor as breathtakingly busy as its inner counterpart, but that is usually a blessing.
As a result Thomson also sent Smith to the stand after a clash between the Gers boss and his counterpart Mixu Paatelainen.
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She's on the same side as her progressive counterpart, and she says bloggers see a new political reality dawning.
An otherwise exemplary IT employee, Bob had, as it was discovered, outsourced his IT duties to a counterpart in China for a fraction of his salary.
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Her Labour counterpart, Rosie Cooper, described the scheme as a "nonsense headline-grabbing idea".
Lee is seen by Sir John as peerless, though not as a general, where he rates him inferior to his Unionist counterpart, Ulysses Grant.
Finally there's China Unicom's HTC One SU, with a similar body to its SC counterpart, but featuring powder blue as an accent color.
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Like its Basque counterpart, however, CiU is likely to be tempted as much by a greater ration of self-government than by another tranche of economic reform.
And while counterpart Harry Redknapp will not regard the second leg at Turf Moor as a formality, it will take a miraculous effort from Burnley to reach Wembley.
Television ratings for the BCS National Championship Game, calculated by Neilsen, a leading global information and measurement company, display a generous rise in ratings for the 2013 Championship Game as compared with its 2012 counterpart.
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The Hay Group reckons that a European chief executive's basic salary is much the same as that of his counterpart across the Atlantic.
As a close observer of the debate over defense spending now consuming this Committee, its House counterpart and countless other organizations and forums in Washington and elsewhere, I have the unsettling sensation that I am witnessing a binge by people determined to count the proverbial chickens before they are hatched.
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After he put them down for a nap, he returned to his room and drew pictures of counterpart workers such as Leticia, the family's housekeeper, who reminded him of his family in San Bernardino, California.
But, in contrast to his Peruvian counterpart, Mr Chavez said he would back a postponement of the vote if, as seemed possible, the computerised counting system was not ready.
Yet an essential counterpart to the Greek writedown is a credible firewall around heavily indebted yet solvent borrowers such as Italy.
Despite being more polished than its Android counterpart, Google Maps for iOS lacks some features, such as Latitude (it's a separate app).
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Its Japanese-language counterpart, which currently accepts orders but not online payments, will be relaunched next month as a full-service e-commerce center complete with virtual shopping trolleys and real-time credit-card processing.
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