A few other dimples might be the latter-day equivalent of doodles.

The whole thing had the feel of a palace of some mad potentate, a train-obsessed latter-day equivalent of Ludwig of Bavaria, perhaps.

It would be a latter-day equivalent to stuffing oneself with zeppole and knishes at Coney Island.

Super Bowl heroes are becoming the latter-day equivalent of the pre-Columbian Aztec warriors who were sacrificed to the gods after participating in an ancient game of ball.

For the first time she was glad there was nobody observing her, no latter-day equivalent of Kevan Scholes studying her telemetry and deducing her mental state.

Ask Jack: Lydia would like to buy an ebook reader, but which format should she choose to avoid getting stuck with the latter-day equivalent of Betamax?

I hope to avoid opting for a latter-day equivalent of Betamax.

The latter-day equivalent is an entrepreneur balancing a cell phone and a baby.

The latter-day equivalent of fighting it out in letters to the editor is to spam the world with your take, using the Internet as an amplifier.

But Nader will never be a Lincoln - for we are not living in a latter-day equivalent of the 1850's.