Word: pattern
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Resting on the outcome of the talks were the course of armscontrol negotiations as well as the pattern of U.S. Soviet relations in President Reagan's second term...
Several times in this century, war, crisis, social change and activism have been followed by reactionary backlash, and then by a period of consolidation and relative calm and prosperity. If this historical pattern means anything, the current mood is not a repudiation of social progress, but rather a signal that certain important social battles have been won and now, in a moment of calm, are being digested. "This relative calm has little to do with Reagan's conservatism," says Alexander. "Rather, it reflects the institutionalizing of many of the things he has been against for years...
Kids, along with most everyone else, will love the clean design of the Apple IIc personal computer. A team from the frogdesign firm in Campbell, Calif., softened the high-tech computer image, used the air vents in a decorative pattern and gave the machine surprising elegance...
...Christmas lights on the sturdy, 30-ft. Colorado blue spruce blinked on at precisely 5:52 last Thursday evening, revealing a dazzling pattern of poinsettias that sparkled cheerfully against the capital's skyline. A large screen showed Ronald and Nancy Reagan presiding over the annual lighting ceremony of the national Christmas tree from the South Portico of the White House, 500 yards away. The President did what the heads of many U.S. families do at Christmas observances: reflect on the meaning of the celebration, offer hope for the less fortunate and remember those who must spend this most personal...
These two cases caused a flurry of concern in the medical community. Ever since the disease was first described, doctors have feared that it would spread to health-care workers. The pattern of transmission-through body fluids and needles-closely resembles that of hepatitis B, a dangerous virus that poses a serious threat to hospital personnel...