Word: parallelisms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Those are the extreme cases, but even for the majority of users who don't qualify as addicts, the social effects of the parallel Internet universe are starting to emerge: e-mail is replacing conversation, e-trade is replacing interaction with real people in real stores. I don't mean to overstate the effect of the Internet, and I'm not sure I believe e-commerce will ever put the real thing out of business. Still, the trend away from "real," face-to-face interaction is unmistakable...
...faded since the end of the Cold War. But apparently realizing that the standoff could last only so long -- Russia after all remains in economic free-fall and can't afford to step on the West?s goodwill indfinitely -- Moscow "accepted the inevitable compromise of some sort of parallel command," says Meier. The standoff played well with the domestic audience while it lasted, and says Meier, "it allowed the Russians to feel good about themselves again." Even better, it helped assure that Russian commanders will at least be heard in the weeks ahead when they speak about the numerous issues...
...involvement in the peacekeeping mission. Washington insists on a unified command, and that the Russians not be given their own sector; Moscow continues to demand its own sector and refuses to subordinate its troops to NATO. "They?ll probably reach a compromise agreement by creating some form of parallel command in name that appears to satisfy both concerns," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. Indeed, NATO is concerned that the outflow of Kosovar Serbs will create unstoppable momentum toward independence for Kosovo, which would sharply divide Europe. And with the Serbs reluctant to trust the promised protection of those...
...Powers of the Democratic Party stave off unwelcome thoughts and get out of bed to start the day? They reach for an entirely different parallel: if you look at Gore from a slightly different angle, squinting your eyes just a little, you may be able to see him turning into George Bush the Elder instead of Walter Mondale. George Bush the Elder was also an experienced and worthy and charisma-free Vice President who had paid his dues. Gore and Bush the Elder have other similarities--Ivy League educations, for instance, and fathers who served in the Senate. The Powers...
...would have anticipated. Che has become ubiquitous: his figure stares out at us from coffee mugs and posters, jingles at the end of key rings and jewelry, pops up in rock songs and operas and art shows. This apotheosis of his image has been accompanied by a parallel disappearance of the real man, swallowed by the myth. Most of those who idolize the incendiary guerrilla with the star on his beret were born long after his demise and have only the sketchiest knowledge of his goals or his life. Gone is the generous Che who tended wounded enemy soldiers, gone...