Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...much of the argumentation skirts the core questions: What is the political line of secular groups that receive Protestant funding? Do the churches take enough responsibility for the political activities of these groups? Have in-house church programs and pronouncements shown a leftist pattern? The situation is complex, but there is some fire behind the acrid smoke. Items...
...only works, but works in reverse as well. Thus even a small percentage increase in total energy consumption could lead to an explosion in demand for OPEC oil-one far greater than most analysts consider possible today. If so, the market would be simply repeating what was a pattern of the 1970s...
...moving toward the state from out over the Pacific. "By coming straight across the ocean," explains Arthur Lezzard, chief meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Los Angeles, "the storms are picking up a lot of moisture, and they are hitting California broadside. The pattern should continue for another month...
...painting always done with an impeccable air of cleanliness and calm spaciousness evident, for example, in the autumn leaves, long shadows and golden afternoon sun of October Interior (1963) or again in a unique look at furniture and the glow of the fireplace in his Interior with a Dress Pattern (1969). And as one steps back away from the paintings, out of the initial imprecision of the oils comes a nearly photographic effect. The scenes look every bit like a page from House and Garden...
While the White House worked to defuse the controversy, Congress was heading in a different direction. In an appearance before a House subcommittee, Rita Lavelle testified that regional offices of the EPA have been looking into charges that a "pattern" of organized-crime involvement in toxic-waste disposal exists. Lavelle also revealed that she had met with Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese and White House Cabinet Secretary Craig Fuller "ten or twelve" times to discuss specific toxic-waste issues, although she said neither tried to influence any of the agency's decisions. The White House subsequently said that its counsel...