Instead of making the sleeves of a jacket first and then the body, assembling the garment in a series of steps, his workers make sleeves and body simultaneously, working in parallel with others who are stitching other sections.

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Multiple upgrades to the Aegis system are now progressing in parallel, with missiles, radars and computers all being improved in a series of increasingly capable increments that could one day make Aegis warships vital to defense not only of overseas allies and deployed forces, but also the continental United States.

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Woodland drew Morse dots and dashes as he sat on the beach and absent-mindedly left his fingers in the sand where they traced a series of parallel lines.

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