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His background parallels that of his predecessor.

The road parallels the river.

Police investigators working on the case have noticed a number of parallels with other unsolved murders in the state.

Studies show that women's work in the labor force parallels their work at home, they nurture others, cook and serve food, etc.

The road parallels the river for a few miles.

The traditional music of Quebec has many parallels with that of Ireland.

His humble background parallels that of his predecessor.

The other part of the Razor ll, which is polish'd on a grinding-stone, appear'd much rougher then the other, looking almost like a plow'd field, with many parallels, ridges, and furrows, and a cloddy, as 'twere, or an uneven surface: nor shall we wonder at the roughnesses of those surfaces, since even in the most curious wrought Glasses for Microscopes, and other Optical uses, I have, when the Sun has shone well on them, discover'd their surface to be variously raz'd or scratched, and to consist of an infinite of small broken surfaces, which reflect the light of very various and differing colours.

These historical parallels pleased Harry's fancy until he recollected that he was himself only a son of the people, and not of noble descent, so that they really did not bear upon his case, and he could find not one single precedent in the whole history parallel with himself.

Nowadays we can hardly maintain this idea, because we see that, on account of the great deflections they undergo, the main drifts of air are approximately along parallels of latitude and not along meridians of longitude.

To listen intelligently, which I believe is still possible, you have to draw parallels, be alert to links and exchanges, respond both musically and socially.

Had we known of the parallels, we would not have published the article.

There is a new book out that catalogues all sorts of financial manias over the years, you can't read it without seeing the obvious parallels to the Internet mania.

But consider the parallels--handles were nothing more than screen names, the banter was a version of chat rooms, and instant community was created from nothing.

) Seekers of morbid parallels between 1929 and 1999 will be interested to learn that Jesse Jackson is following in Bryan's footsteps.

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