Word: patterning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...story of Georg Meistermann's life under the Nazis follows the classic pattern of almost all of Germany's modern artists who were branded as decadent. He well remembers the night that he got back to his home in Solingen to find a heap of his paintings, which had been on exhibition, "standing in front of my door in the rain, having been thrown out of the gallery by the Brownshirts." But Meistermann's miseries had one positive twist. "In those days, my paintings reflected my darkened state of mind. They were full of heavy black lines...
...hour of each workout for individual practice and instruction. He gave personal criticisms and suggestions at this time and often worked with one or two ballplayers in a small group. In the development of the California offense he continually suggested individual scoring opportunities which could be exploited within the pattern. The significant improvement in individual and team play through the year must be attributed in part to this personal instruction...
...such ritualized warfare, with its lack of emphasis on large numbers of casualties seems inexplicable to modern observers, the Kurelu pattern of revenge must be comfortingly familiar. Revenge for these people is a serious and bloodthirsty business, and it takes a form completely different from that of open warfare. Revenge is taken by a small raiding party, which slips into enemy territory and slaughters one of the offending opposition. It is better, more prestigious, to avenge a death by killing a warrior, but it is not necessary. A child, or a woman working in the fields will do well...
...strongest traditions at Smith College are balance and moderation. Academically, the college has followed neither the formal but intensively intellectual approach of Sarah Lawrence, nor the pattern of disciplined scholarship of Bryn Mawr and Radcliffe. Socially, Smith remains firmly middle class and middle of the road: the Smith ideal is diversity rather than intensity, and among the girls, the urge to be well-rounded is extremely powerful...
Once he has picked his annual offensive pattern, he does little or no work with individuals who have trouble adapting their particular styles of play to his "chosen" offense. Naturally enough, these players, not able to fit themselves into the pattern and with no one to help them change, become increasingly unhappy and frustrated as the season progresses...