Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pattern of defeat had been cast for the afternoon. It was to be an Eli event all the way. With the exception of a brilliant win in the J.V. lightweight race, which kept the talented boat in possession of a perfect record for '79, Harvard was to be a bridesmaid, never a bride, for the rest...
Many Japanese are advocating a stronger stand against foreign demands. An editorial in the Tokyo Shimbun, an influential daily, argues that "it has become a fixed pattern that as soon as Japan concedes one issue, the U.S. brings up a fresh one. We cannot tolerate the disgusting threat of retaliation every time a Congressman opens his mouth." Says Economist Kunihiro Takano: "What the Americans are really telling the Japanese is, 'Change your tastes, your attitude and your life-style so you can buy more American goods.' That borders on domestic interference...
...poet, but he didn't live out his vison," she said. "I always had the idea that poetry and music were partners, you know, and it's really true that one implies the other. Youyouyou you can't read three stanzas of poetry without setting a musical pattern of some kind, and any kind of music makes you feel a certain way, you know, a certain way you can describe in words...
...enduring truisms of American politics has been that an incumbent President wields all but overwhelming political power. This axiom holds that almost any challenge to a President has only the barest chance of succeeding. But this pattern may be changing. In the case of Jimmy Carter, his incumbency-and the fact that he is thus blamed for every national problem-may be his biggest electoral handicap...
...seminary, which he leaves for reasons of "Eros generally, not Eros specifically," Wills slings himself into Bill Buckley's energetic orbit of lively conversation, sailboats and sports cars whose "constant whirrings down, fussy tuggings, and resumed flight seemed a nuisance rather than a luxury." In a holding pattern over New York, Wills falls into conversation with a stewardess. The talk continues during the ride from the airport, but later the young journalist cannot remember her name. A little subterfuge results in a new meeting and a marriage-now past its 20th year. By today's matrimonial standards Wills...