"Do men and women have similar abilities, desires and needs?" is a question all of us must address.
It is what a mature rookie says about another mature rookie, with similar abilities and advanced leadership.
Iranian officials also point to the use of satellites by the United States to monitor Afghanistan and Iraq and say they need similar abilities for their security.
Researchers presented them with video excerpts from sparring rounds of five pairs of male competitors of similar abilities and asked them to referee the matches.
"We're going to have to break it up so that people of similar abilities are in the same group," he said.
Employers are required to treat pregnant employees in the same manner they would treat nonpregnant employees with similar abilities or limitations.
For instance, when you go on a job interview if the interviewer saw two women who had similar abilities, of course he'd go with the better-looking one".
The federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 mandates that pregnant women must be treated in the same manner as other "employees with similar abilities or limitations".
Loopholes are easy to maneuver in an atmosphere of hypersecrecy, and what the N.S.A. does not do itself, it may well ask of partner agencies with similar abilities.
In recent months the Army has held training exercises with hundreds of troops, tanks, drones, missiles and armored vehicles clashing against a supposed enemy force with similar abilities.
The results supported investment theories, which predict that investment in a specific ability (math) boosts similar abilities but retards competing abilities (verbal).
