Word: parallelling
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...gradations of excellence that turn silver to gold, sports fans quadrennially bestow their affection on an elfin gymnast. Perhaps it is the daunting mix of skills: the daring speed and height of the vault, the elegance and precision of the balance beam, the strength and fluidity of the uneven parallel bars, the showmanship and gravity subversion of the floor exercise. Or perhaps it is the sheer beauty of a sport that seems as artistic as it is athletic...
...sense, auto and airline congestion are parallel problems, each with its own causes and remedies, but the two forms of gridlock intersect in a harmful way on the bottom line of U.S. businesses. Congestion is helping boost the total cost of moving people and goods, which amounted to $792 billion in the U.S. last year, or 17.6% of the gross national product. Delays and disruptions can quickly spread inflationary price increases through the economy. Case in point: gridlock can play havoc with the just-in-time inventory system, a popular Japanese-style management technique in which manufacturers bring in parts...
Airports take years to build, but other remedies for congestion may help in the meantime. The FAA is experimenting with a finely tuned radar that will enable airports to land planes on closely spaced parallel runways, even in bad weather. Some airports are building high-speed runway turnoff lanes so that a jet can move out of the next plane's way before coming to a full stop, thus boosting a runway's capacity. The FAA is exploring the possibility of opening military airfields for civilian use, among them El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, near Los Angeles. Boeing...
...that the armed forces consume as much as 17% of the Soviet gross national product (vs. 6% for the U.S.). That comes to roughly $300 billion and places a heavy burden on the country. Observers agree that Gorbachev's restructuring of the civilian economy will not be possible without parallel changes in the military. Inevitably, as U.S. Naval Analyst Norman Polmar points out, "Gorbachev's reforms will directly confront major military interests...
...seat two years later, he was its youngest member. He did not make much of a mark in his three terms, and may be best remembered for a speech in 1950 urging that America drop an atom bomb on North Korea unless its troops retreated north of the 38th parallel. Bentsen became one of the youngest members ever to leave the House voluntarily. At 33, complaining ! that the $12,500-a-year salary was not enough to raise three children on, Bentsen returned to Texas to start a life-insurance company with a family stake of $5 million. He eventually...