Word: parallelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...parallel Bhutto has drawn between Zia and former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos is wide of the mark. Corruption is widespread in Pakistan, to be sure, but Zia himself is viewed as a personally honest and religious leader. The general commands respect, if not admiration, from many Pakistanis, and has been able to sustain healthy growth in the country's economy. Last week his backers sought to blunt the effect of Bhutto's return by awarding some political favors. Prime Minister Junejo and Punjab Chief Minister Nawaz Sharif announced that, effective immediately, new land would be granted to rural tenants...
...were known to be present at Surt. But the U.S. had quietly informed Moscow of its intentions in advance. Says one Navy source, referring to the placement of Gaddafi's "line of death": "We told the Soviets explicitly what we intended to do, including transiting below the 32nd parallel. They didn't have to read between the lines." When the attacks were launched, the Soviets apparently were not around. "Maybe they were taking a coffee break," said one official wryly. The Soviets had one communication ship anchored at Surt and kept it lit up like a country carnival so that...
...sent Navy jet fighters across the line (slightly north of the 32nd parallel, some 130 miles off the Libyan coast) in 1981, and shot down two Libyan planes after one attacked them. Two months ago the Navy sent two carriers steaming toward the gulf, but did not actually penetrate the disputed waters. This time, Navy officials insisted, a direct challenge to Gaddafi is "inevitable." As President Reagan told TIME last week, "Some ships and planes will cross that line," and "anytime our men are fired upon, we fire back." And now the Navy is better prepared for whatever might follow...
...most interesting effort was a two record collaboration with poet John Giorno and author William S. Burroughs entitled You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With. This album is unique in that it divides four sides of vinyl evenly among the three artists by including three parallel tracks, one apiece, on the fourth side, leaving the choice of artist to the whim of the phonograph stylus...
...THIS BOOK that leaves no foothold for the reader, there does remain something outside and parallel to the story--the author's native country, Brazil. The repressive police, poverty, unemployment and brutally manipulative government are not merely the imaginative creations of Ivan Angelo...