The essay 'draws parallels between' the lives of the two presidents. [=describes ways in which the lives of the two presidents were similar]
This period of growth has 'no parallel' [=there has never been a similar period of growth] in the history of the region.
Nothing 'parallels' that experience. [=that experience is unlike any other experience; it is unique]
(..) , you stupid spaghetti-slurping cretin. If I did a , I would end up back where I started! Trust me. If that turd Daniel Madigan can move through parallel worlds, so can I. In, steal whatever I want, and out again. Impossible to catch. If God was a villain - - he would be me. Very good. (..)1993 Last Action Hero