Word: patterning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years-a bridge of time that carries the world back to the Pleistocene Age and the rude beginnings of social life. It was then that ancient ancestors of modern man equipped themselves with the first language and the first culture and, in so doing, set a pattern that has been followed ever since...
...Galilee, the U.S. and the Soviet Union worked in tandem to avoid a catastrophic confrontation. With a Middle East cease-fire in effect and the superpowers back from the brink, the Big Two have arrived at a definitive new crossroads in world affairs. Will they revert to the arid pattern of cold-war contentiousness, or will they make a concerted effort to shape new agreements not only on the Middle East but also on a whole panoply of world problems...
...Brown, fresh from the Prattville mob scene, urged Negroes to "take the pressure off Cincinnati," and advised them that "the honkey (white man) is your enemy. How can you be nonviolent in America, the most violent country in the world? You better shoot that man to death." As the pattern of burning and looting emerged in Dayton for the second time in a year, police lifted a page from Tampa and sent white-helmeted Negro youth patrols into the ghetto to talk other youths off the streets. Again the experiment worked...
...lips, soft palate and jaw muscles), Kersta says, it is highly improbable that any two voices can be identical. Thus, voiceprints, like fingerprints, can be used to make a positive identification. Whispering, muffling the voice, changing its pitch, or even mimicking another voice will not alter the basic voiceprint pattern...
Nonseasonal Pattern. Heineman's aim, like that of other progressive railroaders, is to diversify away from an essentially cyclical and undependable base. "We want to offset the weaknesses of the railroad," he says, "with the strength of other companies. In many respects, they're close to the consumer, while the railroad is not. And they operate on a nonseasonal pattern." Last winter, for instance, the normally profitable C. & N.W. suffered so much from wind and weather that it reported a $ 1,400,000 first-quarter loss on rail operations. But as the result of an earlier acquisition...