Instead, many are more akin to trees, sometimes more than three meters high, and sometimes very old, often reaching more than 100 years and occasionally more than 4,000 years.
His political thought is frequently akin to, and sometimes more radical than, that of his friend Niccolò Machiavelli, with whom he shared, despite his long service with the papacy, a criticism of the contemporary church.
For instance, dark patches known as starspots — akin to the sometimes massive sunspots seen on our own sun — can reduce a star's luminosity slightly.
"Six" is a word with sinister-sounding consonants, and wicked cultural associations -- would it be a huge jump to consider it akin to the sometimes socially shunned figure of a flirtatious vixen?
MOSCOW — For centuries, the status of South Ossetia has been a nagging irritant on Russia's southern border — sometimes akin to a canker sore, and sometimes an ulcer.
The resignation of Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary has produced a chaos in Washington's Iraq-policy debate akin to that which sometimes follows the sudden fall of a dictator.
Each woman contributed in her way, drawing on her background, experiences and interests, which were sometimes akin to those of the other women and sometimes vastly different.
Prying information from companies that placed erroneous bets on the price of fuel is sometimes akin to pulling teeth.
Yet the very quality that makes elite sportsmen consider themselves exceptional is their uncompromising capacity for confidence in their ability, sometimes akin to self-delusion.
Sufferers still struggle to convince others that even a trace of gluten can result in symptoms akin to severe food poisoning (sometimes lasting for several days) or worse.
In a city where protests are akin to a competitive — and sometimes combative — sport, Robin Bell has found a way to separate himself from the pack.
