Word: pattern
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Complexity theory and chaos theory share more than the attention of enterprising writers; they are scientific first cousins. The essence of chaos theory is that certain phenomena involve so many factors that they are inherently unpredictable; although a scientist may be able to project the pattern of a swinging pendulum or a flying cannonball, it is impossible to determine how far apart two leaves will be after they go through a waterfall or exactly what the weather will be a month from now. Reason: in systems governed by the mathematics of chaos, small events have big consequences. For instance, even...
Some days we draw rice. Most days we draw blanks. Other days ideas just boil over in our brains during lecture, as molecular orbital theory and all that other chem crap is left far behind as new storylines spew forth as doodles onto notebook paper. Our conversations start to pattern themselves after the set-up and punchline rhthym of the strip. We often fight over the direction things should take, and have nasty things to say about each other...
McCombe, who has represented several guards who have charged discrimination, said his bosses engaged in "a pattern of retaliation" against some guards. He singled out four administrators, including Police Chief Paul E. Johnson and Manager of Operations for Security Robert J. Dowling, for the strongest criticism...
...strongest public condemnation of the management of the Harvard Police Department to date, a union steward in the University security guard unit this week said his bosses engaged in a "pattern of retaliation" against guards who accused their supervisors of discriminatory practices...
...pattern, we'll discontinue the contracts. But like I've said, we've only had very few [complaints]," Flynn said...