Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Amidst all the hoopla, one main question emerged: Is compulsive shoplifting an emotional disorder or just common thievery? Daily Mail Columnist Lynda Lee-Potter said she had interviewed dozens of alleged women shoplifters and found a strong pattern: most were widowed or emotionally neglected by their husbands, and they felt no sense of dishonesty; the thefts were frequently a thrilling escape from monotony and depression, and occasionally were sexually arousing. According to Lee-Potter, one woman told her, "I got an orgasm every time I slipped something into my handbag...
Carter scored many of his points on what his aides call the war-and-peace issue. He cited Reagan's "disturbing and dangerous" pattern of opposing all arms-control agreements, from the 1963 ban on nuclear tests in the atmosphere to SALT II. Carter, however, passed up the opportunity to use the forum for a ringing defense of SALT II's merits. Reagan responded by criticizing SALT II, but also promised to sit down with the Soviets for "as long as it takes" to get a real reduction in nuclear arms. He misleadingly denied Carter's claims...
...practice, Fox and Rosovsky argued, once students were allowed to return to the old pattern of postering on buildings, fences and sidewalks--even on a temporary basis--the new regulations would fall by the wayside...
...four penalties, three illegal procedures and a clipping call, killed that drive on the SoHo 45, and set a pattern for the rest of the afternoon...
...House came right back, going 43 yards in seven plays to tie the score. A failure to move the ball on the ground forced Ryan to go to the air--and for once that strategy worked. Slater grabbed a pass on the end of a long curl pattern to put the Deacons at the 12, and two plays later Ryan lofted the ball over the defense into the arms of tight end Brian Jolley in the back of the endzone...