Word: parallelism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sever the East & West zones, became the newest extension of the Iron Curtain, and a bristling military frontier. Where there had been a steady if illegal trickle of East-West trade, now there was an absolute barrier, charged with electric hatreds, and ominously reminiscent of Korea's 38th parallel...
...Philadelphia, Boies Penrose made the contrary decision-and his reasoning may parallel that of some Taftmen today. Penrose knew that the elder Taft could not win, but he told a friend: "If you have to choose between losing an election and losing control of the [party] organization, lose the election...
...courage was of the kind that passed belief," said a high officer of British Intelligence. "She had a war record almost without parallel . . . There are at least two British officers who would not be alive today if it were not for her." Moreover, added a distinguished compatriot, "the countess was a most beautiful woman...
...have left your great cities to come here," he said. "We are happy that the men from America are with us-and we hope that they will stay." All over South Korea a newly proud people were anxiously hoping the same thing. Remembering the Russians north of the 38th parallel, another Korean said, half apologetically: "We know that many American leaders think Korea should be given up. We have trusted and hoped in you. Will you fail...
About four weeks after he had sent that cable, Gibney, injured when a bridge was blown up by the South Koreans, was writing a different kind of dispatch from Korea. He told of the North Koreans' smash across the 38th parallel, and described the pell-mell retreat of civilians from the capital...