Word: parallelling
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...young man named Setsuo in turn-of-the-century Japan who becomes enmeshed in a web of crime, political drama, and, of course, love. Of all the characters in the book, it's the mysterious object of Setsuo's affections-"the girl in the cloak"-who seems to parallel Libby most now. Publishers Weekly said in its review of The Apprentice that "her actions, history and motives remain ambiguous...
...passes further delays the creation of new homes for our residents,” Father Justinian Manning, the vice chairman of the Charlesview Board, said in a statement. “We are not ending our discussions with Harvard—we are just moving forward aggressively on a parallel track.” Nevertheless, an open meeting tonight in which residents and the Board planned to listen to presentations by four architectural firms contending to design a new Charlesview complex was cancelled. Chief University Planner Kathy Spiegelman did not respond to two calls for comment yesterday afternoon. And University...
Black Hole has as much fun defying the teen horror conventions as working within them. Keith and Chris do not fall in love, as you might expect, while battling hordes of monsters. In fact, the first two thirds of the book follows each in parallel but separate stories. A stoned philosopher, Keith goes through his days working hard at doing nothing and just getting a good buzz on. After stumbling upon a colony of infected teens near his favorite woodsy spot for getting stoned, he starts to become aware of their isolated but darkly appealing world. While everyone else spends...
...seen in Shakespeare’s works from that year. Political unrest gripped England, as the aging Queen received threats of assassination without an apparent heir. And the military, led by the doomed Earl of Essex, mobilized in response to rebellions in Ireland. These unsettling events seem to parallel the themes of “Henry the Fifth” and “Julius Caesar”—and they appear to have sparked Shakespeare’s creativity. However, due to the strict enforcement of censorship in Elizabethan England, Shakespeare could not make overt comparisons...
...strategy aimed towards taming the strong gusts of up to 40 mph, but ultimately fell short in its fight against the wind and Bears 3-0. The weather forecast for the day described the wind as 25 mph with gusts possibly reaching higher, and at Ohiri Field these ran parallel to the length of the field.Harvard opened the first half with the wind at its back and looked to take advantage by putting the ball up into the air and forward as much as possible.This strategy proved hard to implement, however, because of the muddiness of the field after...