Word: parallelisms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...direct and (if you emerge unscathed) illuminating. Earlier this autumn, I was in front of an upscale Manhattan emporium, an indigent family, authentically caked in grime and clothed, literally, in rags, a stark contrast with the bored impolitically furclad matrons streaming out of the store. (Yes, the Dickensian parallel is deliberate...
...doubt. In addition, Iran can harass us through the activities of Hizballah in Lebanon and outside the Middle East. There are two lines of activity in the Middle East moving parallel to each other, each contradicting the purpose of the other. On the one hand, the peace negotiations; on the other, the acceleration of the arms race. Countries that are not part of the peace process -- Iran, Iraq and Libya -- are participants in the arms race. Therefore we have to take care of our defense capability to ensure that we will exist, to give enough security to our citizens...
Sometimes an issue that has been simmering for years comes into sharp focus. This autumn the role that women play in the church is causing turmoil in two large, parallel denominations, the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. Last week Anglicans voted to ordain women as priests, and this week American Catholic bishops meet in Washington to discuss a pastoral letter on women's participation in the faith...
...football field is 360 feet long and 160 feet wide, bounded by the inside edge of the end lines and sidelines and surrounded by a six-foot wide white border. Goal lines, eight inches wide, are marked in white 10 yards inside and parallel to the end lines...
...President, if artful, can transcend mere policy and become an avatar of an era. What difference will the final ascension of the baby-boom generation make in terms of the American spirit, the cultural zeitgeist? The irresistible Kennedy parallel would suggest that the symbolism of a Clinton presidency could someday outweigh its concrete accomplishments. From fashion (a continually bareheaded J.F.K. decapitated the hat industry) to sports (touch football and 50-mile hikes) to dallying with movie stars (Marilyn Monroe suggestively cooing "Happy birthday, Mr. President"), Kennedy defined a style that was half Harvard and half James Bond. But J.F.K. spoke...