Now, in fact, it turns out that in Iraq -- you mentioned Iraq as a parallel -- in Iraq, we have been relatively successful in doing that.

WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall with Students in Mumbai

Linden Lab was founded in 1999 and its most high-profile creation is Second Life - in which people create and adorn avatars and that live out a parallel existence in the online space.

BBC: NEWS | Technology | Second Life creator changes role

The rise of anti-Semitism in the US has many causes, but three parallel developments stand out.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Mainstreaming anti-Semitism

Weinberger tackled those problems by designing his chip from scratch, finding ways to split out parts of laborious signal-processing tasks and handle them in parallel.

FORBES: Bridging The Gaps

Mr. Alpert made much of his fortune by seeking out the unique qualities of other artists in his parallel career as a record-company executive.

WSJ: Cultural Conversation: Herb Alpert

Had the two arms of the study not been carried out in parallel, future researchers might have travelled up an expensive and time-consuming blind alley.

ECONOMIST: AIDS

In parallel they also think that they can fend off calls from other Eurosceptics for a straight in-out referendum, calling such a vote the wrong question at a time of rapid change to Europe's structures.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

This is not the only parallel with the rise of Syriza, the hard-left party in Greece that opposes that country's bail-out programme.

ECONOMIST: Italian politics