Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...determination as to whether or not the CIA has acted legally, after or during the fact." Thus no one in Congress knows in advance about potentially controversial CIA operations. Complains Democratic Representative Michael J. Harrington of Massachusetts: "There is a studied inclination in Congress toward noninvolvement, superimposed on a pattern of deference toward the Executive Branch. If the Executive is in the dock, you have...
Leff said that the grades in Government 20 did not follow this pattern, with more than two-thirds of the class receiving honors grades...
...movie was made in Canada, although its only real scenery is provided by Parkins' planes and valleys. Haskell, a displaced person from television, wears a wardrobe apparently tailored to suit his origins. He looks like a living test pattern...
Fort McClellan is a very large and convoluted place. The installation covers 46,374 acres in northwestern Alabama, and is home for over 6000 people. In nearby Anniston, Alabama, the streets are arranged in a convenient grillwork pattern, and numbered accordingly. But the military in this instance is less regular than its civilian neighbors. Every street merges into a tangle of other streets. Each building resembles the next; there are no outstanding landmarks to help the visitor find his or her way around the post. A post information officer could be a valuable assistant to a confused reporter, supplying road...
Today no one doubts that the earning power of women is rapidly increasing and will continue to rise for many years to come. So while there is no reason to forsee significant changes in the contribution pattern of men in general, most people acknowledge that women will play an ever-increasing role in fund raising...