Word: parallelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet move into Afghanistan [Feb. 11] is reminiscent of Hitler's annexation of Austria, then the present U.S. policy of forging a closer alliance with Communist China has its parallel in the panicked alliance of the Western powers with the Soviet Union to crush Nazi Germany. The current might of the Soviet Union owes much to this alliance during the second World War when the Soviets obtained valuable weapons and technology from the West. Even more deplorable was the consequent vassalization of Eastern Europe by the U.S.S.R., unchecked by the Western Allies...
...senior captain, will be taking his final bows on the creaky floor of the IAB. A three-year veteran, and the only senior on the squad, Allen arrived the same year as coach Frank McLaughlin, who says of his field leader: "I suppose our careers have been sort of parallel; we've had our ups and downs, but we hope to end this season with two wins...
...election results underscored Canada's regional voting preferences. The Liberals prevailed in all but one seat in Quebec, but failed to win a single seat west of Manitoba. When Trudeau composes his cabinet, he will face a problem parallel to one Clark faced: equitable regional representation. Whereas Clark had to struggle to find legitimate Quebec cabinet ministers, Trudeau will have to search for Westerners. Already there is a growing fear in the resource-rich West of political isolation; and there are rumblings of separation...
...objectives are to be secured in advance of tactical operations. I believe that we are as oblivious of these staggering innovations in the art of war as the French and the British in their time had been of the German strategy of the armored Blitzkrieg. There is a striking parallel between their faith in passive defenses anchored on the Maginot Line, and ours in a "sufficient" deterrent. The skill of the strategist consists of neutralizing the strategy of the enemy. All the available evidence suggests that the primary goal of Soviet strategic thinking and deployments for the past two decades...
Last year's swim captain Maura Costin came out of retirement to help the Lowell House cause, winning both the women's 50 and 100 meter freestyle events. Andy Carson of Eliot House turned in a parallel performance, winning the men's 50 and 100 freestyles with ease...