Word: parallelisms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hostage situation," said a Justice official. "Not only were they there, they were willing to do anything for this person." A congressional aide put it differently: "They acted like they thought they were talking to another bank robber. Instead, they were talking to someone who was dealing in a parallel universe...
Yeltsin at first said he would challenge the 50% rule but later decided against conducting a parallel referendum with more favorable questions. Meanwhile, Vyacheslav Kostikov, spokesman for Yeltsin, warned that Congress might try yet again to impeach Yeltsin before the referendum...
...Edward White's article on affirmative action (March 17) grounds its criticism on a fundamentally flawed conception of what affirmative action truly represents. By describing both the purported inflation of minority students' grades and the affirmative action program as the results of benevolent white patronizing. White draws an unfair parallel, which distorts the true nature and goals of affirmative action in college admissions...
...Harvard's recruiting would not have a diastrous effect on sports if all the Ivy League schools took parallel action. With the elimination of Big Ten tactics from Harvard sports, athletes could practice, win, and enjoy themselves while fulfilling a balanced academic and social curriculum. The University should throw ego aside and investigate this financially friendly proposition...
Seasoned defense lawyers know the value of the small gesture. And the large. Anticipating the guilty verdict returned by the jury two weeks ago, Windham built a parallel argument that White was not guilty by reason of insanity. If the jury agrees, White will be locked up in a hospital instead of being imprisoned...