Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Colin Eglin of the opposition Progressive Federal Party last week sent his questions ringing across the chamber of Cape Town's Parliament. The angry counterattack from South African Prime Minister P.W. Botha: "I am not a weakling who tries to satisfy everybody. I have my own ideas and pattern for leading South Africa." Some of Botha's ministers have echoed similar pious themes...
...early schooldays, while crossing the moors at Newcastle, Josiah had delighted in the wild-flowers that sprouted forth from the deserted landscape and he later incorporated these observations into his pottery designs. All of his artistry and imagination greatly satisfied the queen, and she later allowed for the pattern to be entitled. "The Queen's Ware" and stamped "potter to Her Majesty...
...colonies" have traditionally been the largest importers of Wedgwood in the world--40 percent of the Wedgwood exports. Jasper ware, the most popular pattern, not only displays an appreciation of a craft, but also exemplifies art and commerce in union to create a successful industry. Lord Wedgwood says seriously, "Josiah was the greatest man of any age and any country that went about uniting art and industry...
...Casey lost most of his investment. Reviewing an attempt by Casey and other directors to reorganize the bankrupt company a year later, District Judge Herbert Christenberry in New Orleans also had concluded that they had driven the corporation "deeper and deeper into debt" by managing in a "pattern of self-interest." A puzzling irony in Casey's involvement in the lawsuit is that it involved questionable dealings in sales of stock-and he was considered such an expert on these matters that he was made director of the Securities and Exchange Commission by President Nixon...
Just as the high rates crimp the Government, so too do they squeeze businesses. Customers have less to spend, company overhead goes up and profits disappear. In recent months, that grim pattern has become a fact of life for more and more businesses. The gathering retrenchment is an important reason that practically every major indicator of future economic activity, from orders for machine tools by businesses to the issuance of construction permits for new homes, is now flat or pointing down...