Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suicide in far northern countries is routinely ascribed to the extreme rhythms of three months of white nights giving way to three months of absolute dark. That seasons affect our sense of order is reflected in the fact that doctors speak of seasonal affective disorder. And though the pattern of the skies is still felt on the pulse and in the bones of every farmer and nomad, those of us immured in 14-story office blocks, under fluorescent lighting, need Easter eggs to remind us of the day: if we can't go back to nature, we have...
...well-observed look at a divorced man dealing with the fact that he has lost custody of his kids. Indeed, most of Mercury Falling deals with loss, longing and epiphany. On its best cut, I Was Brought to My Senses, Sting sings, "...And inside every turning leaf/ Is the pattern of an older tree ...Every signpost in nature/ Said you belong...
Harvard would go 4-5 in its next nine games. During this time, the Crimson lost by an average margin of nine points in that stretch whereas its average margin of victory was over 19. The only exception to the pattern of winning big and losing small was a disappointing 24-point loss to Arizona. After the narrow loss to George Washington, Harvard seemed unable to win close games...
McDougal might have added that you can't take a deduction for everything you do pay--only for payments of interest and legitimate business expenses. Yet, in a pattern that would continue, the Clintons deducted $10,131 on their 1978 tax returns, describing it as an itemized interest expense, to shelter some of the commodities profits. The Clintons had written a personal check in this amount to the McDougals' Great Southern Land Co. on Dec. 28, and the payment was reflected in the Whitewater accounting ledger as an "adjusting entry." But Whitewater apparently didn't pay anywhere near that much...
...HEAR SENIOR WRITER ERIC Pooley talk, just about anyone could have produced this week's investigative report on a shocking pattern of safety lapses at a nuclear power plant in Connecticut. "Basically," says Pooley, with characteristic modesty, "it was just a classic whistle-blower tale." No big deal...