Word: parallelism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...moving columns have mopped up all but a few of the Communist guerrilla bands. And no one now believes that the Russian-trained North Korean army could pull off a quick, successful invasion of the South without heavy reinforcements. Said a Korean private manning a foxhole along the 38th parallel last week: "We expect war to come. But we aren't afraid. For every round they send over, we'll send two back...
...case, South Korea's occasional similarities to a police state fade in comparison to the situation north of the 38th parallel. North Korea is, for all practical purposes, a Russian colony. Even the Chinese Communists have no representation in North Korea, and Mao Tse-tung's visage is conspicuous by its absence. Said a refugee North Korean major recently: "Russia, not Korea, is held up as the motherland. We don't even study Korean history in the schools there...
...would not say, however, whether he anticipated that the University would accept the proposals, which will be sent to vice-President Reynolds and Manager of Dining Halls William A. Heaman. Nor would Mulvihill reveal whether the demands would parallel those which other branches of the Employees Association have already made...
...smell a parallel. There were all sorts of complaints afoot when the Council thought up its original parking lot, but when the student had to put down four dollars a month to park his car three-quarters of a mile away, it just wasn't worth it. Mr. Pyne figures a five-minute walk for the distance, reasonable time for a cross-country man; students will probably forego the exercise and the fee and go on parking their cars on the streets...
When operating in the Navy's Lockheed P2V-4 Neptune, the "18s" should enable the long-range patrol bomber to fly around the world at the 55th parallel (latitude of Belfast and Omsk) without refueling...