Word: paralleling
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...Unicycles. Yorkin and Lear's flourishing careers over the next eight years defied geometry, being two parallel lines that finally intersected. In1959, well after Lear had drifted apart from Simmons (now a script developer at Universal Studios), the new partnership of Tandem Productions was founded. The first joint venture was the movie "Come Blow Your Horn," adapted from a play by former Lear Assistant Neil Simon, which everybody agreed would be a perfect vehicle for Frank Sinatra...
...Their wives gave Yorkin and Lear a two-seater bicycle to mark the launching of Tandem. Two unicycles would have been more appropriate. After the initial box office splash of "Horn," their subsequent movies ("Never Too Late," "Divorce American Style") fared only so-so. They decided to become parallel again, maintaining a loose, collaborative relationship and splitting their pooled earnings...
Engineers then sank 41 parallel tubes diagonally under the foundation. A specialty designed auger--a giant drill bit--was inserted into each tube. A machine turned the augers one at a time to remove small amounts of soil over several months...
...After he steps in the batter's box at the start of every at bat, the left-handed-hitting Ichiro crouches into a catcher's tuck, loosening his hamstrings. Then he pops up, plants his left foot, drags it parallel to the plate and plants it again. With his right foot resting outside the box, Ichiro wags his black Mizuno bat back and forth below his belt like a putter. He proceeds to whip it around in a counterclockwise loop, stopping as soon as his hands reach his chest. Then Ichiro uses his right hand to hold the bat parallel...
...such as those in the Balkans have also caused tensions - Washington in the Clinton years pushed the reluctant Europeans for more decisive action in Bosnia and Kosovo; now in the Bush years U.S. leaders have begun emphasizing the need for an exit strategy. European moves to set up a parallel defense arrangement for rapid deployment in conflict zones have also caused concern in the Pentagon...