Sentence examples for a historical parallel from inspiring English sources

He does see a historical parallel, but not the one Mr. Romney drew.

"I believe what artists and intellectuals are doing right now is unprecedented, and does not have a historical parallel.

They said he referred to Thomas Cromwell as a historical parallel of sorts to his own experience in private conversations.

A tweet drawing a historical parallel to the current plight of Syrian refugees drew thousands of retweets this week.

One consumer advocate offered a historical parallel in a promotion by cereal companies in the 1950's.

But the recent anecdotal data, if they hold, would have a historical parallel in the Great Depression, when the birth rate fell sharply.

Mr Marcus thinks the government would rather China's railways and ports were busy with other, higher-added-value exports.There is an historical parallel.

To find an historical parallel, one would probably have to go back to something like the suicide of the old Polish state in the 18th century, carved up by its adversaries after its domestic politics was paralyzed by foreign bribery.

The fact that the Arabs attacked Israel and were vanquished in 1948 , 1967and 1973, losing land in the process, is irrelevant in the a-historical parallel universe constructed by supporters of the Palestinians and the rejectors of Israel.

While 6 out of 10 accepted Mr. Bush's comparison of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq to Hitler, 4 out of 10, in answering a separate question, said they agreed with a different historical parallel: that getting involved in the Middle East is a lot like getting involved in Vietnam in the 1960's.

A bit later, he returned to the risk factor, bringing up a germane historical parallel.