For example, every vending machine in Rapture has its counterpart in Columbia.
Police in Mong Cai in northern Vietnam asked their counterpart in Dongxing to assist investigating a cross-border prostitution ring on May 29, after being tipped-off by an abducted woman, the China News Service reported.
A. station chief in Riyadh, phoned a former counterpart in Saudi intelligence.
It does so using a dictionary and a comparative grammar a set of rules that describes the difference between each sentence component in the source language and its counterpart in the target language.
In the new year speech, her counterpart in Pyongyang called for an end to confrontation between the North and the South, and for both sides to "respect... and implement" previously-agreed declarations.
In a sign of warming relations, Lebanon's new president visited his counterpart in Syria's capital, Damascus.
All of which raises the ironic thought that the most powerful man in the 106th Congress will be not Mr Livingston or Trent Lott, his counterpart in the Senate, but the Democrats' leader in the House, Dick Gephardt.
Although they didn't intend to encourage this spiraling chain reaction, it was leading Democrats in Congress -- Senate banking chairman Chris Dodd and his long-time counterpart in the House, Barney Frank -- who supported legislation that ultimately led to more and more of these bad loans we are all stuck with.
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According to the perennial philosophy, everything that happens in this world, everything that we can hear and see here below has its counterpart in the divine realm, which is richer, stronger and more enduring than our own.
The only urban legend here appears to be the conclusions of the study itself, which was widely touted in the print and electronic media as proving the superiority of the U.S. FDA to its European counterpart in approving cancer drugs.
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The provisions were in most respects, similar to those of counterpart laws in India and other South Asian neighbours.
Mr. Cuomo's style stands in stark contrast to his counterpart and fellow Democrat in Connecticut, Gov. Dannel Malloy, who is weighing new firearms restrictions and an overhaul of the mental-health system.
Not one to back down in its rivalry with Beijing, Shanghai spent more than its counterpart did in the lead up to the 2008 Olympics.
The agency screens medical devices far more slowly than does its counterpart in the European Union.
Like his counterpart in the teacher union, Mr. Romero has led the union for two decades.
His counterpart in India made some milder remarks, but India's government has remained silent.
Through good relations established between her bank and its counterpart in China, direct renminbi-ringgit exchange was opened in August.
The council leader has written a joint letter to the government with her counterpart in neighbouring Allerdale.
His counterpart in the House, Bob Filner, D-California, said his committee wouldn't take up the proposal either.
Unlike its counterpart in golf, the tour does not offer prize money, with players instead receiving appearance money.
And my pay was probably half that of my male counterpart in my first job, had I known.
The civil-service "through train" implied a confidence-boosting continuity, especially after the derailment of its counterpart in the legislature.
Unexpected because the top U.S. negotiator held several days of direct talks with his North Korean counterpart in Berlin.
For a day, Pettitte took back the mound, and his (slightly) younger counterpart in left field owned the bases.
At least the opposition leader, unlike his counterpart in Ukraine, was not arrested and was able to lead the opposition.
Its counterpart in the Senate is PIPA (or the Protect IP Act.) Both bills are controversial, and with good reason.
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The dollar advanced 5.7% against its Japanese counterpart in January, a trend that has proven broadly supportive of stocks in Tokyo.
The Greek government has somewhat friendlier links with its counterpart in Albania.
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Nobody expects Nicaragua's army to intervene as its counterpart in Honduras did.
Mr Farry turned to the wider picture of the teacher training system, and Stranmillis's counterpart in the Catholic sector, St Mary's University College.
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