Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Indeed. The running boom hit home about ten years after the war did, and its growth pattern parallels the rise of our Me generation. Running is intensely personal, owing, among other things, to what Yale psychiatrist Dr. Victor A. Alshul terms "its contentless character." Several journalistic punsits have poked fun at the sport, underscoring its intrinsic self-centered traits. And perhaps it is a damning comment that running has only become a "phenomenon" as we have become more preoccupied with ourselves...
...admissions committee, alumni, and the coaches have tried to develop a method in the face of the swelling madness, experiences of Harvard varsity athletes furnish a patchwork of no particular pattern. Crimson soccer forward Mauro K. Sarmiento '82 of Buenos Aires, for instances, one of the squad's leading goal scorers the last two seasons, says he had no idea about what sort of athletic program Harvard offered. "In fact, I wrote to the athletic department after I was accepted and received no response," he adds...
...match followed what has by now become a somewhat well established pattern, with the singles sweep making the doubles matches all but unnecessary...
ISLANDERS vs. LOS ANGELES: In an attempt to reverse the pattern of the past few years, the Islanders suffered through a mediocre season in hopes of saving their best hockey for the play-offs. Dionne, Simmer and Taylor are still imposing, but psyched New Yorkers, helped by Butch Gorings and unloading Billy Harris, will guillotine Kings in three...
...clear pattern of anti-union discrimination has emerged from this screening process," Ira Sills, attorney for Local 26 of the Hotel, Restaurant, Bartenders and Institutional Employees Union AFL-CIO, said yesterday...