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...isolation, Meese's omission of the loan could have been considered as merely another example of his shaky memory. But the real problem for Meese was that the newly revealed loan seemed to be part of a pattern in which individuals who helped Meese financially landed federal jobs. Thomas, who had been assistant Cabinet secretary in California when Reagan was Governor, was appointed a deputy to Meese in the White House in January 1981 at a salary of $59,500. Thomas left the Meese staff in 1982 to become a regional administrator of the General Services Administration...
...problem with recreating such classics, however, is that they all follow a similar pattern. Most approach war from a conceptual, rather than historic angle, and though the circumstances surrounding each war are different, the issues and relationships--patriotism, love, familial obligations--all tend to fall along similar lines. Consequently, it takes an unusually crafty filmmaker, as well as a particularly talented cast, to carry off such a production...
...city's gardens are grassless or at best spotty. Men spend their time raking the dirt. The fountains have only hoses coming out of the water making a less than ornate pattern...
...police and fire departments didn't look like the rest of Birmingham. While the city was 54 percent Black, and, presumably, about 50 percent female, its police and firefighting forces were almost monolithically white and male. The city was taken to task by the Justice Department for a pervasive "pattern and practice" of discrimination against Blacks and women. The court-ordered affirmative action plan, which became law in 1981, called for numerical goals to ensure the hiring and promotion of qualified individuals from the disadvantaged groups...
...South Bronx. New concepts of urban design, many pioneered at Harvard and MIT, have produced some better buildings but have not transformed the urban environment. Poverty programs, whether those from War on Poverty days, or more recent efforts such as the supported work program, have not reversed a growing pattern of dependency. The list could go on Leave aside the obvious questions of whether the American public ever had the patience to give some of these policies a real chance or whether they were funded to the extent required or whether other Federal programs such as highway construction...