Word: pattern
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...consistent pattern" of complaints about the quality of gynecological and obstetric care at University Health Services (UHS) has prompted a formal grievance against two Harvard practitioners and an official investigation of UHS practices, it was learned yesterday...
Financial aid officers, though, say their formulas have always tended to create larger and larger self-help contributions as students move up. For instance, a student's expected summer-earnings contribution (slightly up this year) increases in a set pattern: Rising freshmen and sophomores must save and contribute $900, juniors $950, and seniors $1000. And this year, with total expenses rising $1600 from last year, an agreed-upon $300 was passed on to each student's self-help package along with other adjustments, according to Elizabeth M. Hicks, associate director of financial aid. "We are not pulling...
THESE RELIGIOUS OVERTONES represent a new twist to the familiar pattern of Hollywood occult and science-fiction. Their space heroes don't win their battles with zap-guns alone; they've got to have the force. Magic spells cannot kill their monsters--the mother has to conquer them with the strength of her faith and love of family. As for their creatures from outer space, they cannot drop dead without being swiftly resurrected...
...somewhere over Ontario that were emanating from the transmitter on her tail. "There's an excellent chance she'll return to nest," insists Bill Byrne, a state wildlife official. "It's perfectly normal for birds of prey to make long exploratory flights before settling into a pattern...
...returning to their border. But the idea of a strong central government may prove to be a chimera: Lebanese society has always been a patchwork of different feudal, regional and religious communities whose rivalries have sparked internecine clashes for generations. The departure of the P.L.O. will not change that pattern. Moreover, many observers in Beirut fear that the election of Gemayel, whose Christian supporters constitute a minority of Lebanon's population, would bring about a renewal of the civil war between Christians and Muslims...