Seoul's economy equalled the whole of Argentina's in the late 1990s, and Mexico City's equalled that of Thailand.This is not to say that all cities will prosper in step with each other, or with the nation as a whole.
They were one run short of the previous high of 350 runs, set in 1905 at the Oval, when Jeetan Patel's fun came to an end - via a nick behind off Steve Magoffin - and had equalled it when Chris Wright's middle pole was speared by a James Anyon yorker.
The new Jack the Ripper, the Victorian bogey-man whose toll the killer of the women in Suffolk has already equalled.
If this clone culture does represent a kind of triumphalism – a way for China to show it has equalled, and perhaps even transcended, the west's achievements – should we be worried?
I'm happy that Harry has equalled the record because it's an important thing for the club but I'm happy for the other youngsters too.
Their numbers were equalled by the police officers who at times stood three and four deep around the court building.
This analysis has not pleased some of his colleagues at Morgan Stanley, which is equalled only by Goldman Sachs in its enthusiasm for hedge funds, touting "opportunities" to wealthy customers and supplying "prime brokerage" services to funds.
Higher population growth and shorter retirements require less saving; older populations more.For America, the required stock of savings equalled -228% of GDP in 1970: households should have been borrowers rather than savers since their relative youth and lower life expectancy meant they had ample future income to repay their debts and finance retirement.
The 3,600 hectares of new vines planted in 2006 almost equalled the 3,400 hectares of vines ripped out of the ground that year.The drought has also led to much soul-searching among Australia's 2,000 wine producers about how the industry can recapture its reputation for quality wines.
When it was created, the corporation's power in some respects equalled or exceeded that of the state.
Looking at employment overall, job growth in California has equalled the American average both over the past year and over the past 20 years.
