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Reagan's reputation as The Great Communicator is well-deserved. Few figures in history have spoken so forcefully for the cause of the common man and acted so determinedly against it. The pattern has become all too clear...

Author: By Gary D. Rowe, | Title: Mock Heroic Rhetoic | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...convent. Mary Paul must see a woman whose six-year-old and 1 1/2-year-old children were discovered on a fire escape at 4 a.m. The woman's excuse was that she had to go buy milk. "Of course, it isn't true. The woman undoubtedly has a pattern of leaving her children in hazardous situations. Is she going to trust us enough to allow us to help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Story | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

...pattern is familiar: desks are rifled, file cabinets searched, records apparently stolen or photocopied. Money and expensive equipment are usually left untouched. In six cities during the past 14 months, groups providing support and sanctuary for Central American refugees have been hit by burglaries, suggesting an organized campaign of harassment. The break-ins have occurred at churches and the offices of sanctuary groups, as well as organizations providing legal guidance to Central American refugees in Seattle, Detroit, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Guadalupe, Ariz., and Cambridge, Mass. Some burglaries are repeat jobs. The Cambridge offices of the New Institute for Central America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Refugees: Sanctuary's Unwanted Visitors | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

Segal doesn't see Jernigan in trouble in the future, however. "He was sick earlier this week. I don't foresee this as being a continuing pattern in his play...

Author: By Emil E. Parker, | Title: Racquetmen Sink Navy, Soar to Another 9-0 Win | 12/6/1985 | See Source »

Exact figures on the number of students who fasted last night will not be available until sometime today, according to the Food Services Director's office. The estimate of this year's number is based on last year's pattern...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Than 3500 Observe Oxfam Fast | 12/5/1985 | See Source »

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