Word: parallels
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...species which constitute this relic-flora must have lived right through the last glacial period where they are; and a study of the other regions of the Northern Hemisphere which were not invaded by the last ice-sheets has shown an exactly parallel situation. In these spots, then, we have relies of an ancient flora which in regions of very recent glaciation has been completely exterminated. From a purely evolutionary point of view, these old plants are particularly interesting because they are species with very sharply defined characteristics and are now so fixed in their fundamental characters that they show...
...parallel U. S. air path between San Francisco and New York is 2,700 miles...
...made to relieve the congestion of the courts and generally to repair and lubricate the entire machinery of enforcement, while the thrifty Mr. Mellon has long advocated a revision of the Border laws with an increase in the size of the patrol. But all these recommendations, though necessary as parallel measures of reform, fail to strike to the heart of the problem, and serve only to strengthen the impression that the Commission has somehow evaded the issue...
...developments in electrical science during the past fifty years have been simply astounding, and without parallel in the world's history. The applications of this science in the field of electrical engineering have been of great variety tremendous fundamental importance and substantial effect in the advancement of civilization. It is difficult to name any branch of industry which has not been benefited by some phase of applied electrical science and in many industries this science has become an absolute essential...
...representing the distance between West Quoddy Head, near Eastport, Maine, to a point due west on the Pacific Ocean. The longest north-south dimension of the model would be 1,598 feet, representing the distance from the southernmost point in Texas to a point due north to the 49th parallel...