Word: parallelism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tonight," said Ike, "I saw an example of courage. I have seen many brave men in tough situations. I have never seen any come through in better fashion than Senator Nixon did tonight." He recalled a dramatic parallel. "In [my World War II] command, I had a singularly brave and skillful leader. He was my lifelong friend. We were intimate. He committed an error. It was a definite error; there was no question about it. I believed that the work of that man was too great to sacrifice . . . He has gone before the highest judge of all, but . . . certainly George...
...guarantee these areas against military attack. It must also be clear that such a guarantee is hardly sensible or necessary . . . It is a mistake . . . in considering Pacific and Far Eastern problems to become obsessed with military considerations.' Five months later, Communist tanks were rolling over the 38th Parallel...
...does not go home with her report card, to a psychotic sculptor, "a deamer, tied to the shadow of his dreams," who slits the throats of lovely young women. As the film progresses, the sub-plots start to feed back into each other. Where the spearate threads ran parallel, they begin weaving together, losing their more unique characteristics and emeging into an overall picture of a functioning city. Where La Ronde was a circle, Under the Paris Sky is a tapestry...
Mill St. runs between Lowell and Winthrop Houses; Holyoke St. is in front of the Indoor Athletic Building; and Riverside Drive runs parallel to Memorial Dive from Winthrop to Leverett House...
...more ancient than the present form of government of any nation and it has been proved over and over again in history that when this tradition is jeopardized, the life of a university is destroyed. Presidents, Deans administrative officers are removable by the Governing Boards, but not professors. The parallel with Government is close. The acts of mayors, governors, the President of the United States are subject to review frequently by the electorate, these executives are removable. But not the Federal judges, not the members of the judiciary in most states; judges are not subject to recall for their decisions...