Word: paralleling
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...defeat of Portugal that helped the Americans advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 1930. And there were the Cinderella marches of host countries Japan and Korea, both of whom went further than anyone imagined. Maybe all these surprises seduced us briefly into believing in football's parallel universe, where Davids topple Goliaths. But by the end of World Cup 2002, the giants were engaged in the final battle for supremacy. And the natural order had been restored...
...defeat of Portugal that helped the Americans advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 1930. And there were the Cinderella marches of host countries Japan and Korea, both of whom went further than anyone imagined. Maybe all these surprises seduced us briefly into believing in football's parallel universe, where Davids topple Goliaths. But by the end of World Cup 2002, the giants were engaged in the final battle for supremacy. And the natural order had been restored...
...Kurzweil, an inventor, technology futurist and entrepreneur, observes that the human brain has no single "chief executive officer neuron." What gives the brain its power is not one boss but the ability of billions of neurons to conduct trillions of operations instantaneously. In computer lingo, that's called parallel processing, and it is something that today's man-made computers can accomplish only crudely. In everything from biology to business, this principle--a complex whole created by simple parts--is called emergence...
Again, such actions parallel Summers’ stated visions for the entire University...
Jen’s unique take on the conception of ethnicity and American identity seems to parallel her struggle to find her own niche...