Word: paralleling
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...obscure origins and shameless pursuit of the rich and powerful, was never to be one. And yet, as Ridley capably demonstrates, the marriage survived through numerous lengthy separations and intense extramarital relationships. Divorce was less common then than now, and it suited both partners to live their lives in parallel compartments. Architecture kept Ned, sane and he "poured his imagination and emotion into other people's houses." Emily spent most of her life in a cocoon of mysticism and fashionable causes and in writing thousands of letters to her absent husband. In the end these letters, and the replies...
...Golden Sea's riches are hazardous to harvest. The crabs' breeding and feeding grounds are in waters that are claimed by both South and North Korea, and are also filled with warships. South Korean fishermen aren't supposed to cross the so-called Red Limit Line, which runs parallel to the ocean border of North Korea, creating a five-kilometer "no fishing" zone. But sometimes they do: the residents of Yeonpyeong Island consider the Golden Sea to be part of their birthright and they view the Red Limit Line as political claptrap. "It's absolutely meaningless when we are fishing...
...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...