Word: parallels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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bombers and Polaris-armed submarines assigned to NATO. But the Americans refused to budge, since the Soviets have not placed any parallel systems of their own on the table. Gromyko and Haig instead drafted a statement that did not specify which weapons would be discussed. Both sides left bilateral issues, such as trade and the possible resumption of SALT talks, for a second get-together scheduled this week...
...book into a film-within-a-film with a minimum of messiness. His screenplay respects the intent of the original novel, whose 20th-century structure of author's conceits and devices framed a haunting story of 19th-century romance and passion. By telling the Victorian story, then weaving a parallel story around the romance of the actors making the film. Pinter achieves something of the same sense. The 20th century doesn't just give perspective to the Victorian, but is commented on itself--an important, if implicit, dimension of Fowles's novel...
...health policy and management, he will coordinate graduate research in health management and statistical, economic and political analysis of health care. "We must also consider whether to extend community service to the greater Boston area in an effort to improve health care," Mosteller said recently. "We hope to develop parallel programs in management for persons with advanced degrees in law, medicine and dental studies and by expanding our personnel base, we hope to stimulate further topics for research...
...hand position after turning pro, and the extra leverage he acquired gave him a ferocious punch. Hearns used the advantage of his reach to flick jabs into Leonard's face, while Leonard, trying to get inside those long arms, was forced to bend until his torso was almost parallel to the canvas, then reach up to keep his punches above the belt. Looking like a man who was stooping down to stick his chewing gum under a table, Leonard took repeated short rights under his left eye. By the third round the eye had begun to swell...
...increased access by Israel to U.S. military intelligence. Also under consideration was the possible use of Haifa as a base for U.S. naval forces. Well aware that moderate Arab states will be less than pleased by closer U.S.-Israeli military ties, Secretary Haig stressed that this relationship was "parallel to the kind of things potentially available to them at some point...