Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...West Germany, he thought the first thing for Germany was "earned equality" on a political basis. Then would be the time to talk about German military units. "I, for one commander, want no unwilling contingents," he said, "no soldier serving in the pattern of the Hessians, in any army of my command...
...almost three years without a wage raise (largely because their bosses couldn't agree on a few technical details). They were angry, too, at being called unpatriotic. In their anger, they were willing to be mean. So, suddenly, they decided to go in for the mass lie. The pattern of the phony epidemics changed from day to day. On some railroads the wildcatters began drifting back after a few days, but when they did, more reported sick elsewhere. At St. Louis strikers had "tonsillitis"; at Detroit they guessed, soberly, that they "must have picked...
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...problem of the committee was not to tabulate individual sentiments, Blackmer said, but rather to see whether the attitude changes of a student toward the College and lie tell into a general pattern. Or, in other words, whether the change that came over the single student typified a large group...
...Technician), and Sergeant Dailey is a dog of a fellow who likes to collect lipstick. Between snarling and nuzzling, they help the Army put on a show in a G.I. auditorium whose elaborate stage could pass for that of Radio City Music Hall. It all falls into a tired pattern, but there are compensations: the stars' dependable footwork, a bright spoof of Air Force life, and plenty of fresh clowning by Comedian Danny Thomas...