Word: pattern
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From that point, the game settled into the expected pattern, as the Eagles utilized their frontcourt power and the shooting of Carrington to pull away to what was to be their largest lead of the night...
...American Culture, 1870 to 1930," she became an assistant to fellow Historian John Conway, whom she married and followed to Toronto. There he taught at York University and she at the University of Toronto. In 1973 Conway was made vice president for internal affairs at Toronto. Reversing the earlier pattern, John last July followed Jill to Northampton, Mass., where he is writing a book on the influence of British culture. Jill Conway, who intends to retain her Australian citizenship, plans, among other things, to expand Smith's program for educating older women and hopes to set up a postgraduate institute...
California Pollster Mervin Field interpreted the election results as a "checkerboard pattern." Property owners, the elderly and people on fixed incomes voted for Barbagelata. Minorities, renters, and the relatively young opted for Moscone. The election, said Field, shows two kinds of tides. "One is the ebbing tide of traditional liberal, labor and cultural concepts-the idea that government can do it for you. Against this is the rising tide of the 'new conservatism'-which is related to fear about crime, the inability to get services from government, and fiscal responsibility." Both candidates agreed that the election showed...
...disagreement over inflation leads to another debate that is muted now but will grow much louder during the election year: Where is the economy headed after 1976? No one would be satisfied permanently with the pattern of high (though declining) unemployment and inflation foreseen for next year. But Sprinkel and Weidenbaum see the year as a bridge to a long-term pattern of balanced, sustainable growth-if moderate fiscal and monetary policies are pursued until what they see as a promising start on wringing inflationary momentum out of the economy is carried through to conclusion. Sprinkel argues that it took...
Among Europe's smaller countries, the pattern is decidedly mixed. Belgium and The Netherlands are still preoccupied with combatting their high rates of inflation. Switzerland has shipped home 100,000 foreign workers to stave off unemployment among citizens, but its recovery is dependent on the renewed health of its big trading partners. Sweden, which long seemed immune to recession, has started on a slide that is expected to result in zero growth this year. By contrast, Denmark achieved modest expansion during 1975, and Norway is being buoyed by prospects of soon becoming a sizable oil producer. The Norwegian economy...