Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...understanding, their diverse, unimagined wonders lost in last formlessness. As Marco Polo describes the fantastic cities he has visited in his wanderings, his words are a dam against despair. The emperor hopes to discern in them, "through the walls and towers destined to crumble, the tracery of a pattern so subtle it could escape the termites' gnawing...
Rosemary Smithson, Chair of the Missouri ERA Coalition, outlined the elective strategy. "We must get women to focus, not on national candidates, but on replacing those legislators who have previously noted no. Where there is an apparent pattern of defeats in State Senate races we must concentrate our energies on electing women who will be active supporters of the measure Our slogan is. "Women are supposed to clean house. We must also clean the Senate...
...modern air: craft, rarely impairing vital controls or igniting the well-protected fuel tanks. J.F.K.'s radar picked up the thunderstorm's ominous hook-shaped rain cells. Rain itself poses no unusual problem for pilots. Yet real dangers lurked invisibly in this storm's particular pattern of high and erratically shifting winds. The airport control tower's landing logs and later explanations by pilots documented the elusive perils...
...Plus. Still, the pattern of upswing is clear, and its consequences will be not only economic but also political. Barring unexpected jolts, the economy should be rising as President Ford mounts his election drive. Historically, voters are swayed more by the economy's direction (which will be up) than by its level (which will be relatively low for months). Thus the economy should be a plus for Ford, who more and more appears to be a tough candidate for any Democrat to beat...
Traditionally, of course, less sophisticated investors do just that. Their usual pattern is to barrel into a bull market during its later stages; thus, as a group, they invariably lose more money than they make. They may fall into that trap again this year, but most of the street-wise institutional investors who brought this year's bull market to life believe that it still has plenty of steam for everybody...