Word: parallelism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...introduction of a supplementary force, for Hans sees the marionettes play Faust, and these dolls soon people his world, absorb his life. Mr. Muir has used the intricate pattern of themal relationships in the fugal form upon which to base the coordination of his characters. There are the parallel situations in separate but allied planes, of Martin striving to influence his son, now clad in the costume of the puppet Faust, compared with Haas groping to move his own dolls as freely as dance the marionettes, and the complete harmonious development of each strand of story upon itself and upon...
...left when following railway tracks, roads, rivers, etc.; and when crossing any of these land highways shall cross over at right angles to the land highway. 4) Aerodinas belonging to the League of Nations will be designated on their wings by the letters "A D N" through which two parallel lines are drawn. Aerodinas thus designated will, it is recommended, be eventually granted permission to cross any frontier without formality...
...hear their feet galloping behind us. They were coming like a steam roller, the whole sky was black with them. Like a hail storm coming up. . . . We ran and ran." To this, the way people scampered away from the terror of the German invasion, Author Rolland, pacifist, finds a parallel in the way people let themselves be driven by the hail storm of their emotions...
Then, after asserting that the primary object of a college education was to prepare the student to fit into society as an essential part of the social structure in which he lives, President Hibben showed that Harvard and Princeton were working along parallel lines to produce a body of young men who have "learned to think for themselves," tion in conduct...
Tillers of the Soil. A French film records the adventures of two youths in love with one girl. The grandfather, symbol of the stern paternalism that runs with and parallel to the landowner's devotion to his soil, forces the girl to marry the less favored. The frustrated beloved goes to Paris, becomes a potent sculptor. He returns to fight the jealous brother, to die in the struggle. The acting is sincere though violent...