By Richard Nordquist. Definition: A rhetorical term for the repetition of words or phrases at both the beginning and end of successive clauses or verses: a combination of anaphora and epiphora (or epistrophe). See Examples and Observations, below. Also see: 1  Effective Rhetorical Strategies of Repetition. 2  Epimone. 3  Gradatio. 4  Top 20 Figures of Speech.
At any given moment, roughly 5,000 planes are in the skies above the United States. In one year, controllers handle an average of 64 million takeoffs and landings. For every one flight you see listed on an airport monitor, two you don't see show up on air traffic controllers' screens.
Op-Ed: How many bases does U.S. have globally and what is their cost? Washington - The Pentagon estimates that each year it spends $22.1 billion to maintain its bases and troops around the world. However, the actual costs even on conservative estimates is about $170 billion annually. The totals could be even higher. Estimates of maintaining U.S. bases abroad since the start of the war on terror in 2001 range from $1.8 trillion to $2.1 trillion. The Pentagon must each year produce an Overseas Cost Summary that calculates the total price on overseas military activities. This includes costs of construction, repairs and maintenance.