He bolstered the attribution with stylistic parallels to the rest of Shakespeare's work, but the collection is dubious, the parallels are thin, and very few scholars today accept the poem as Shakespeare's.
"The Bronx is a parallel universe to the rest of New York City," Mr. Disbrow said.
The "sick behaviour" was "not confined to the so-called underclass", who lead parallel lives to the rest of society.
Max Lawson, of the Robin Hood Tax Campaign, said: "This is proof that banks live in a parallel universe to the rest of us, paying billions in bonuses and unhampered by the inconvenience of paying tax.
"When even in a bad year each Goldman employee pockets an average of $367,000 – nearly 10 times the average UK salary – it's proof that banks live in a parallel universe to the rest of us," said a spokesman for the Robin Hood Tax campaign.
"This is a parallel universe to the rest of the country," he said.
It was as if Mykonos was an autonomous state; a parallel universe to the rest of planet Greece.
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