Word: patterning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their opener for the first time in five years as Detroit, which led the majors with 103 losses last season, lost again. Both teams made two errors, continuing baseball's pattern of sloppy play this spring...
...Alaska was just the beginning. Next there was a refinery explosion in Louisiana. Then a 567,000 gallon spill off New York City, and most recently another spill in the same area. Isn't there a pattern here...
...Play and War Toys (New Society Publishers; $12.95). According to Carlsson-Paige and Levin, the damage being done is even worse than just making kids want to fight. TV- based war toys, say the authors, can destroy a child's creativity by luring the youngster into a pernicious pattern of imitating video characters. The book makes a strong case against today's war games and offers advice to parents on how to cope with the changing world of children's play...
...turn of the century, the Chelseadistrict and its high school in particular "setthe pattern for America," with progressivecurricula and high standards, Silber said. "It wasa specialized and advanced institution--not aremedial...
David Merkowitz, a spokesperson for the American Council on Education, said he sees "a recent moderation in price increases" among the nation's colleges, as tuition growth comes "back down closer to the historical pattern of a couple of percentage points higher than general price increases, which has been true for 50 years or more...