Yet today, universities in the United States easily outperform their European counterparts.

In the US, the far right shares many of the characteristics of its populist European counterparts.

Many European banks, however, have less equity than their US counterparts, which creates an important source of vulnerability going forward.

LONDON The European Central Bank s recently announced policy of bond buying, what it calls outright monetary transactions (OMTs) marks a convergence of European central banks with their Anglo Saxon counterparts.

European prosecutors tend to lean to the left, whereas their Latin American and Japanese counterparts tend to be conservative and pro establishment.

He argued that a timid BOJ should learn from its more aggressive counterparts, the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank.

So, even as some northern countries begin to question the austerity prescription, their southern counterparts (including southern European countries) are increasingly adopting fiscal adjustment measures.

But, as European leaders prepare to meet their Balkan counterparts in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, things have begun to look a lot less certain.

Chinese diplomats now maintain closer relations with think tanks than their European counterparts do, and are praised for their constructive contribution to the public debate.

Top US policymakers acknowledge that this structure of incentives is a problem interestingly, many of their European counterparts are not yet willing even to discuss these issues openly.

Some will say that Baltic and Southeast European countries were fortunate that responsible Swedish and Austrian banks, rather than their toxic US and British counterparts, had entered their markets.

As long as Wilders and his European counterparts stay out of government, they have no incentive to temper their illiberal rhetoric and stop stoking up hostility towards ethnic and religious minorities.

(d) To help ensure momentum and visibility on the key United Nations policy issues with European Union counterparts by creating a platform for discussion and advocacy around key United Nations reports

His Palestinian counterparts are hardly in a better position.

Of course, not all judges and prosecutors engage in nakedly partisan activities. European prosecutors tend to lean to the left, whereas their Latin American and Japanese counterparts tend to be conservative and pro establishment.

They had also shared information with their counterparts in other countries.

Besides, three counterparts agree on salary levels Government, employer and union.

But, as European leaders prepare to meet their Balkan counterparts in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, things have begun to look a lot less certain. Europeans seem increasingly divided about what to do with the Balkans.

The mechanical counterparts of these properties are, respectively, mass, stiffness and damping.

Like its counterparts in other countries, it is a non governmental organization.

Local counterparts include the PFESP and the Palestinian Federation of Industries (PFI).

Wherever they live, women face greater obstacles and frustrations than their male counterparts.

Bloggers and activists taking part in the meeting didn't forget their Palestinian counterparts.

Israeli judges, members of Parliament and company directors far outnumbered their Palestinian counterparts.

UNICEF has initiated measures in the sphere of capacity building with its counterparts.

According to a January 2008 report by the Hay Group, the CEO s of the 50 largest US companies are now paid almost three times what their European counterparts receive which is many hundreds of times more than their own workers.

They were worried about the EU s future certainly more so than their Western counterparts.

In some cases, ideas banks can be more humor oriented than their serious counterparts.

In theory, women have same access to health care services as their male counterparts.

Caught between their lack of long term strategic vision and their obsession with short term interests, Europe s political leaders have largely failed to win the respect of their Asian counterparts, in contrast to European companies, which are faring much better in Asian eyes.

For poor regions, investment in equipment and training would have to come from wealthier counterparts.

In many cases, these cultures expanded at a later date than their Old World counterparts.

Quite frequently, women's formal education is neglected in favor of that of their male counterparts.

Their leader outshines his Conservative and Labour counterparts in television debates and on the campaign trail.

But Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya then consulted his counterparts in Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam.

Such collaborative efforts among developing countries ultimately foster closer cooperation between them and their developed counterparts.

With fewer firm specific skills than their German counterparts, American workers are more susceptible to layoffs.

The Financial Intelligence Unit shares information with overseas counterparts, both directly and through law enforcement channels.

The Regional Director said that discussions with national counterparts to finalize the CPD had already started.

First, democratic States now outnumber their non democratic counterparts, establishing a significant precedent in world history.

During the early stages of the crisis, Germany, which had bet heavily on Russia s modernization, was averse to taking any consequential action. But, as the crisis deepened, German Chancellor Angela Merkel worked to persuade her European counterparts to implement a broad and biting sanctions regime.

To echo the demand made of me by my late friend and sparring partner President Ronald Reagan Mr. Obama, Mr. Hu, Mr. Singh, and, back in Berlin, Ms. Merkel and her European counterparts, Tear down this wall! For this is your Wall, your defining moment.

African banks, meanwhile, are rock solid compared to their debt heavy counterparts in the US and Europe.

As a result, Chinese commercial banks can operate longer with a higher RRR than their counterparts elsewhere.

But Milosevic s Croatian and Bosniak counterparts, Franjo Tudjman and Alija Izetbegovic, respectively, remained unindicted when they died.