21.   The sisters Drabble and Byatt are the modern equivalent of the Brontes.

22.   These sentences are the modern equivalent of the stocks or the scarlet letter, public affirmations that certain behaviors are unacceptable.

23.   This is the modern equivalent of a picket sign, except that it is management that is walking the line.

24.   While most warrior cultures are memories, urban gangs are the modern equivalent of such warrior tribes as the Sioux and Apache.

25.   With its Arp-like biomorphic shell, its asymmetrical curves, this is the modern equivalent of a Victorian fainting couch.

26.   This must be the modern equivalent of the fetish, or idol worship, which is still practised so rigorously in this, and many other countries.