Word: patterning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...several so-called private clubs. Thirty-nine of these have eventually desegregated. Overall, 1,645 complaints of discrimination in places of public accommodation have been filed with the department. Of these, roughly half have been settled through voluntary integration by the owner. "We only sue where there is a pattern of discrimination," explains Doar. "We try to pick suits where the most purpose would be served...
...result, discrimination in hotels and restaurants is the exception in most large Southern cities and the accepted pattern elsewhere in the South. Negro travelers are still likely to find gas stations with three rest rooms-one for white men, one for white women and a third for Negroes. Hotels and motels set aside "Negro rooms," which-somehow-never face the swimming pool. In restaurants, waitresses "accidentally" spill coffee on Negroes, overcharge them or simply ignore them. Nonetheless, Justice Department officials are pleased by the extent of voluntary compliance with the rights law. "It all depends upon how you look...
...suggestion that finger and palm prints might be associated with disease came only 30 years ago, almost half a century after Sir Francis Gallon linked them with genetics, and helped to lay the foundations of a science now called dermatoglyphics. Dr. Harold Cummins of Tulane University noted a distinctive pattern in victims of mongolism (Down's syndrome). Another Tulane team, led by Dr. Alfred R. Hale, showed that many patients with inborn heart defects had palm-ridge abnormalities, whereas those with heart disease or disorders acquired after birth usually had normal prints...
...single deep crease, instead of two separated lines, from the base of the index finger to the base of the pinkie is known as a "simian line" (see diagram). It occurs with many disorders including mongolism and some rubella (German measles) defects. Also unusual is a radial loop pattern pointing toward the thumb in the ridges of any finger other than the index...
Referring again to the majority, Crane declared: "It's all going to come out ... the whole pattern of this coalition, this conspiracy is going to be revealed by competent witnesses." Crane seemed to be referring to an earlier promise to have witnesses testify...