Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...member countries, the organization predicts a composite growth rate of 3.5%, the same as 1977, and a jobless rate of 5.5%, up nearly one-half of 1% from 1977. Worst of all, it warns that the pattern of slow growth and high unemployment could become permanent for the world's industrial democracies, especially if governments throw up more protectionist barriers to trade in an attempt to save jobs...
...viewing may rise again, of course. The first two weeks of December, indeed, showed a small upward jiggle in the figures. But 1977 broke the historic pattern that every year saw more Americans watching TV more of the time. Many people, some even in TV, think that that interruption may be about the best news of the year. "I'd like to think society is getting healthier," says Norman Lear, the father of Mary Hartman, Maude and Archie Bunker. "People may be talking to each other again...
Interestingly enough, the four cuts on side one, all of which have received considerable airplay on both the AM and FM dials, are the least innovative songs on the album. They fit neatly into the pattern that Joel has established in his past releases, but their success is still a tribute to the freshness and originality Joel brings to each of his new songs--even the ones that most resemble his familiar ballads...
...history are condemned to repeat it. But it is also true that slavish adherence to past precepts is the enemy of political creativity. Sadat's extravagant gamble made it possible for all parties concerned to think of the Middle East problem in a nontraditional way. Courageously, he broke a pattern of stalemate and mutual hostility between Israel and Egypt, the most populous and politically powerful of Arab states. Sadat's countrymen welcomed him home from his peacemaking voyage with ululations of joy, as if he had led his legions to victory over their mortal foe. Other Arabs were shocked, puzzled...
...created rapidly; this year the number of people working has risen by 3.7 million-950,000 in November alone. In all, 92.2 million Americans now have jobs. But the increase has been offset by a flood of would-be workers, especially women and youths, into the job market. That pattern will continue...