Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some of his top aides, notably the late CIA Director William Casey, came to ! power committed to step up the murky struggle with the Soviet Union in the back alleys of the world. They were determined not just to contain but to roll back what they saw as a pattern of alarming Communist advances. They quickly grew impatient with congressional restrictions and the inbred caution of the State Department, the Pentagon and even the CIA. They turned increasingly to covert operations, including some not subject to the checks and balances of normal Government. That, combined with sloppy management from...
There lay the nub. One learns to design by looking at real buildings, not pattern books, and in America models were rare. You could not bring a building across the Atlantic -- or not yet; that was within Hearst's power, not Jefferson's -- and great paintings generally did not cross because the American market for them in the 1780s was so small. But fine furniture and silverware could be imported and were, so that the work of early republican and federal craftsmen in America tends to be more sophisticated than most architecture of the day. Most of it was English...
...right to quit, of course. It was time; some of us had begun to miss broadcasts now and then, though always with a good reason and a note from our mothers ("Jack was in a holding pattern above Logan Airport; please excuse his absence"). Still, it felt funny to know that Keillor was quitting cold, that he was going to live in an apartment in Copenhagen with his Danish wife Ulla. It was as if a tall, shock-haired boy we had all thought especially promising were heading off to the big city with a private smile on his face...
...Scientists are puzzled by the unusual pattern of light 1987A is emitting. Said Garrison: "This is not like any supernova we've yet seen." Generally, light from supernovas is expected to peak quickly and then decline. But 1987A's brightness rose, then leveled off, then increased again, peaking around May 22, when it was easily visible to the naked eye. Since then it has been gradually dimming. One possible explanation was proposed by Astronomer Stan Woosley of the University of California at Santa Cruz. He suggests that the decay of radioactive elements within 1987A's cloud of debris...
...face acting, insecurity and rejection for the next two years. She comes from a family that is "very concerned with making sure you're secure. They always like to make sure you're doing something that will have a paycheck, and I think I started to fall into that pattern." But she was driven to try acting for at least a while, because it might be her last chance...