Despite the parity and unpredictability of the National Football League, the Patriots are built to last, for many reasons.
The stigma has resulted in unequal NHS funding in many local areas, despite the parity of esteem policy (of valuing mental health equally with physical health).
John Clayton of ESPN.com highlights the history behind the Steelers and the Packers, and Dan Wetzel of Yahoo.com writes that despite the parity in the N.F.L. parity, there is something satisfying about two of the league heavyweights making it this far.
French politics are notoriously macho: her own father, whom the family followed from post to post, is said to have talked about having "five children, and three girls"; and, despite a parity law, the parliament she sits in today has the lowest proportion of women in Western Europe.
Gender is still an issue: despite quotas, parity has not been reached in terms of participation and sharing.
But despite the parity legislation, patients still have to pay out the cost of drugs before submitting an insurance claim, and they may be required to make co-payments depending on their private insurance plan's benefits, the type of cancer and the drugs prescribed.
Next, WH Smith, Halfords and Poundland all said they would not offer pay parity, despite earning combined pre-tax profits of £873.4m.
By the mid-1920s Britain was back on the gold standard at its pre-war parity, despite inflation and rapid growth in the money supply in the interim.
Murray managed to serve out for parity despite needing to save a break point while doing so and then took charge of the match after serves had been swapped at the top of the third.
