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The Bracero program has been likened by some to indentured slavery where employer exploitation was rampant and inhumane.
In her long-expected announcement , Dole likened Bush to Ronald Reagan and said he would repair the presidency's tarnished image.
Security around Eyes Wide Shut was likened to Los Alamos, except we now know that the Chinese penetrated Los Alamos.
Tuesday Izvestia likened her to a star that flashed for a short time, but for long enough to change the world--"our Soviet, gray, reinforced-concrete world."
When they relented and displayed their grief, they were likened to President Clinton (for feeling others' pain) and scorned for pandering to public opinion.