Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Legal experts were disappointed, but notsurprised with the court's decision, because itcontinues a pattern of rigidity in the SupremeCourt on issues of separation of powers...
...Administration have just about won their battle to render the accord null and void. In his announcement last week, Reagan stressed that the Poseidons were being dismantled primarily because they are old and inefficient and would cost too much to refurbish. Accusing the Soviets of committing a pattern of treaty violations, Reagan said that once the number of cruise missiles on B-52 bombers puts the U.S. over the SALT II limits (probably by December), there will be no compensating reduction to observe the treaty...
...Lakhdhir says she does not believe theseproblems will bring the council down. "I don'tbelieve in three years then death," she says,referring to a pattern that has plagued Harvard'sother student governments...
...Governor, Cuomo is, in a way, handicapped by his own eloquence; his vaulting rhetoric creates equally lofty expectations. In reality, he is something of an incrementalist, creating a pattern of change in small ways. "Stone by stone, we cross the morass," he likes to say, quoting Justice Learned Hand...
Among the most controversial parts of the bill is a provision that would trigger a series of automatic actions if a major trading partner achieved an "excessive trade surplus" with the U.S. through a "pattern of unjustifiable, unreasonable or discriminatory trade policies or practices." In such cases, the President would be required to open negotiations to reduce the trade imbalance with that nation by 10% annually. The bill is aimed at such countries as Japan (1985 surplus with the U.S.: $49.7 billion) and South Korea ($4.8 billion), which have long put restrictions on American imports. If no agreement was reached...