Word: parallele
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After nearly a year of McClellan's dillydallying, Lincoln, in effect, demoted him by forming a whole new army under John Pope, who was to attack Lee anew. While he will not compare them on other grounds, Civil War Historian Bruce Catton notes at least one "striking" parallel between McClellan and General William Westmoreland. "McClellan was always saying he could do the job if they gave him more troops," observes Catton. "He always wanted more. Finally, Lincoln got tired of this and put him on the shelf. It seems that Westmoreland is in the same position...
...replace the "hopelessly antiquated and unsafe" old equipment, the Athletic Department has ordered a sidehorse, a high-bar, a set of parallel bars, three mats suitable for tumbling, and a complete spotting and suspension system for safety. The club also has the use of a set of rings and the trampoline at the IAB, Landau said...
...Parallel appointments as visiting professors at Harvard and M.I.T. have been given to Geoffrey and Margaret Burbidge, a husband and wife team in astrophysics from the University of California at San Diego...
...newsmagazine that covers the world, TIME has had a parallel history of continuing concern with international policy. Marking that mutuality of interest, TIME and the Foreign Policy Association are joining this month in a "Travelling Foreign Policy Conference" that will discuss "The Demands of the Next Decade" in a dozen major cities...
...would do credit to her presence; thankfully, she says nothing. She is addressed once, but the response comes from a brazen woman with several millions and the freedom of socialites in her honey-raucous voice. Clearly the voice does not belong to Anastasia. Hunter may be suggesting a parallel between Hip and High Society (the connections are not so slim, Jim, but there is no space to make them here), or perhaps some platinum vein in Anastasia's mind...