Word: pattern
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MAJOR POLICY STATEMENTS PREPARED BY U.S. Catholic bishops are always worked out in a fashion that wins the final texts lopsided support. That pattern ended with a troublesome letter on women's issues that took nine years to produce. Meeting in Washington, the bishops gave the conservative final version a paltry 55.5% support, far short of the two-thirds needed for approval. The text will now be issued as a mere committee document...
...believe that without Sadat's courage and imagination there would have been no peace between an Arab country and Israel. He set the pattern. He proved that peace is not an illusion or a dream...
...questions through advance consultations. Matsushita, whose consumer-appliance brands include Panasonic and National, became the first major Japanese firm to adopt the new system. If approved by President-elect Bill Clinton, who has claimed during the campaign that foreign firms were underpaying U.S. taxes, it could well set a pattern...
...latest from Little Rock is that Clinton has kicked back this and other lists asking for "more names, different names." That's "his pattern," says a Clinton aide, "but he often returns to the original list, as he did with Al Gore." That is why the smart money is on Volcker, Rivlin and Reich, a trio that would satisfy Clinton's desire for a "Wow!" response from the financial community. "All he knows for sure at this point," said this Clinton aide last Friday, "is that whomever he selects had better play well with others. Only collegiality will get results...
Although the fear of isolation is not shared byall students, Ralph's pattern of visiting Hillelon an occasional basis is a typical one for Jewishstudents...