Word: parallel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...UCLA will issue a parallel guide to teaching world history. Disagreements over how to treat Western European civilization in relation to other cultures are said to have been particularly intense. In short, the conflict over National Standards may be only the first round in a long, bitter intellectual skirmish...
...lives. Most experts agree that in highly secretive North Korea, no low-ranking officer could have access to such information. Other defectors reveal secrets that sound plausible. Ahn Myung Jon, a military infiltration expert, said he used his skills to cross the heavily fortified DMZ on the 38th parallel after a disagreement with his superiors. He described being trained inside an uncannily accurate underground model of Seoul to insinuate himself into the capital. Given North Korea's success in sneaking agents into the South, the account had credibility...
...name. "Germany," says a senior NATO official in Brussels, "is probably the only major country that is whole- heartedly committed to both NATO and the European Union." Germans must realize, Kohl said last week, that their new unity "will be wasted if we don't press ahead in parallel with European unity...
Clearly, somebody forgot to coordinate the University's spin control. And, recognizing the administration's double-talk, students who work closely with the Foundation are upset. "The sudden move of the office to a basement of a student dorm suggests that (the Foundation's) role is only remedial and parallel to that of any other student organization," says Kristen M. Clarke '97, president of the Black Students Association...
...demilitarized zone. A hair-trigger exclusion zone, where every tank and artillery piece that sneaks in constitutes a violation, would allow Saddam to keep U.S. troops busy with cat-and-mouse games or, worse, force them to turn a blind eye. Furthermore, creating a military vacuum below the 32nd parallel could lead to a collapse of Baghdad's authority in the territory and possibly invite an incursion by Iran -- an even less appetizing prospect...