Word: parallelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sets of reasons. First, many members of the house felt that it was wrong for house committee to appropriate funds for a private area of the house without more people in the house being aware of the situation. Some in favor of the measure have attempted to draw a parallel between the 10-man suite in Currier and Coggeshall, which are both locked areas that are considered part of the house. However, we should remember that Coggeshall is generally a residence for sophomores, who do not request to be housed there. It is a building separated from the house...
...regional peace accord for southern Africa, which was mediated by the U.S., is expected to require the Cubans to depart within 24 months, possibly starting with a partial pullback behind the 13th parallel. During that time, South Africa will gradually remove its troops from Namibia and permit implementation of the ten-year-old U.N. Resolution 435 calling for the territory's independence. The accord is expected to be signed by the U.S., South Africa, Angola and Cuba at a ceremony in Brazzaville. Though a hopeful start, the accord leaves Angola's underlying dispute unresolved: the tribal conflict that pits some...
...lovely mayhem of gymnastics, the dizzying lyricism of a four-square circus in which everything is happening at once: a Japanese girl running furiously toward the | vault, even as an East German prances through her floor exercises, a Guatemalan teeters on the balance beam, a Bulgarian attacks the parallel bars. The first time one sees a gymnast leap, one's heart flies with...
During the U.S. rotation on the uneven parallel bars, alternate Rhonda Faehn stood by to remove the springboard after Kelly Garrison-Steves' mount. Concerned that any movement might distract her teammate's concentration, Faehn squatted and watched the routine through to its completion. Minutes later, East German Ellen Berger, a rules official, dug into the book and emerged with an often overlooked regulation that specifically prohibits coaches -- and apparently other noncompetitors -- from standing on the raised podium during a performance. "A rule is a rule," Berger insisted and pressed for a 0.5 penalty. A rules committee dominated by East bloc...
...extreme privatization of entertainment," says psychologist Jerald Jellison of the University of Southern California. Experts believe the anonymity of the telephone offers a psychological safety valve to the secret keeper, who feels compelled to unburden himself but fears vilification. Says UCLA's Goodman: "It's the interpersonal parallel of a one-night stand...