Word: parallelism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...demanded that they collaborate to build Turkey a refinery. They objected, then gave in; Menderes will get his refinery. Menderes wanted a modern school of architecture in Ankara, got the U.N. to supply the architect. Scarcely had he arrived before Menderes summoned him, instructed him to set up parallel schools of management, civil and mechanical engineering. The architect protested that he knew nothing about such topics. But, hypnotized by Menderes' drive, he is scraping together the nucleus of a staff, and odds are that Menderes will get his schools...
...measles or smallpox. But they get nearly every other human complaint, and a few of their own. Some of the commonest for which animals are now treated: arthritis or bursitis (by injections of hydrocortisone), adenoiditis, tonsillitis and undescended testicles (all treated by surgery); respiratory infections (antibiotics). The human-animal parallel is so close that if he has a difficult case many a vet will often talk it over with an M.D.; Dr. McBride recently sought guidance from a proctologist on a case of canine hemorrhoids...
...business firms also make a whopping parallel contribution to Latin American treasuries. Department of Commerce figures show that U.S.-owned companies in 1955 paid at least $1.1 billion in taxes, or 15% of all Latin American government revenues...
...interior of Antarctica. Starting from Shackleton Base on the Weddell Sea, south of South America, on Nov. 24, it headed for South Ice, an advance base 250 miles inland that was established by Fuchs during the Antarctic spring (Oct.-Nov.). This is fearfully difficult country, with two high, parallel mountain ranges, the Theron Range and the Shackleton Range, looming blackly above the snow. The ice between them is torn into great crevasses. Sometimes vertical ice cliffs rise like stone walls, and level plains turn out to be bogs of deep, soft snow...
...program: Robert Schumann's overture to Manfred and Richard Strauss's Don Quixote, the same pieces he conducted that day 14 years ago when he took over the Philharmonic as a substitute for ailing Bruno Walter to become the most famous young man about U.S. music. The parallel was obvious, and up in the gallery a new generation of fans whistled and cheered Lennie's happy landing...