Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sands' performance over the weekend bolstered his chances of receiving a tournament bid. The yardling struggled early in both matches, but then eased back into his usual pattern of dominance to eventually take both victories. Friday, he defeated Scott Walker of Cornell, 7-5, 6-3, and the following day, against Army's John Zeljeznjak, lost the first battle, 6-7, but then...
Adam Beren at number five reversed Terner's pattern of victory, sweating through three sets on Friday, but easily defeating Army's Phil Beaver...
...committee did not find repeated instances of overtly racist behavior but concluded that discrimination at Harvard is a subtle and complex problem. "Racism reflects a pattern of behavior or conduct," Epps said this week. "We did not find that here. We don't think the data support it. But because of the undercurrent of tension, the environment is loaded with misperceptions...
...Sands-Meister match followed a familiar pattern for the yardling. Sands played a basically conservative, controlled game, neither allowing nor forcing service breaks on the way to a 7-6, 6-4 win. He answered power with finesse, crushing Meister's net game with a devastating and frequently used...
Indeed, the programming strategy at CBS might have been counseled by Aesop's tortoise. "Our philosophy is consistency," says the network's entertainment president, Robert Daly. Following the pattern that made it the No. 1 network for two decades until 1976, CBS tended to keep this season's programs in the same time slots, despite fluctuating ratings, until they built a loyal audience. ABC, by contrast, tried to spread its strength around and pick up new viewers by splintering the solid blocks of sitcoms that had allowed it to dominate Tuesday and Thursday nights and seeking comedy...