Word: parallels
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...successor, another meeting was held four blocks away at No. 1 Powell St. to up another banker's son to another banking presidency. The father: Amadeo Peter Giannini. The son : Lawrence Mario Giannini. The presidency: Bank of America's. Except for parentage, promotion and position, the parallel stopped there...
...matter of fact that England is protecting her imperial brood. If direct evidence is not enough, then indirect evidence comes to reinforce the verdict. When Japan had begun its Manchurain adventure, England remained sublimely all of to the many pleas for naval action against the aggressor. Now in parallel circumstances the lordly power takes measures of intimidation and oppression against the new aggressor, and induces a large part of the rest of the world to join in righteous indignation. No explanation other than imperial interest can begin to account for these merry-go-round tactics...
...Geiss Trexler, 58, of Manhattan. Said he: "The church is too much in the care of older men. The church becomes too conservative and is prone to lose the sympathy of the younger generation." Urging that the church outdo Communists in pronouncing against war, Dr. Trexler deftly drew a parallel to make conservatives squirm: "Christ, seeing young Communists helping to cast out the devil of war, would again say, Forbid them not, as he did when John said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbade him because he followeth...
...buttoned in thick greatcoats against the night cold the Generals paced up and down in the darkness puffing glowing cigarets until the sky paled and they could see. With the morning light it looked as if the plains below were on fire. Long streamers of smoke led out in parallel columns from the Italian camp to the river, then across to the mountains beyond. Dust clouds from the feet of marching...
From Assab on the Red Sea, a second army bore straight in, parallel to the French Somaliland frontier, in an effort to cut Ethiopia's only railroad at Dire Dawa (see map, p. 18). Fighting as hard, suffering as much as the publicized troops to the north, they had captured the mountain of Mussa Ali last week and were slowly driving through desert country toward the railroad. Well aware was the Conquering Lion of Judah of the importance of this force. At Jigjiga, 65 miles from Dire Dawa, he had assembled the best equipped, best trained of his fighters...