Word: patterning
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...tour promoting his new book, The Trial of Henry Kissinger, Hitchens has been conducting a one-sided war of words with Kissinger. The British author argues that Kissinger, who he calls a war criminal, has exhibited a pattern of extralegal and illegal behavior to profit his ego and his wallet...
...locked into a long-term holding pattern of unresolved but manageable conflict, then...
...think the likelihood is a holding pattern with slight deterioration. But lots of things can happen...
Coach's answer was fashion. To upgrade Coach, CEO Lew Frankfort went downtown. He hired a cherub-faced designer from Tommy Hilfiger, Reed Krakoff. (Anyone sensing a pattern here?) The two set about turning Coach into a "lifestyle brand," which is to say, instead of just bags, they decided to make everything. Krakoff persuaded the company to dislodge some stodge by making accessories out of something other than leather. One of the resulting bags, in jacquard with a C logo that was inspired by a lining the company once used (those archives again), was a big hit with the fashionistas...
...sense, the fascination with the war is easy to explain. Veterans still alive are growing old; you don't need to endorse that cloying American conceit that they made up the "greatest generation" to deem them worthy of honor. Moreover, World War II continues to provide a certain pattern to our international arrangements. Consider the Soviet Union. The sacrifices it made and the victories it won during the war gave the Soviets a place at the top table of nations; Moscow's acquisition of nuclear weapons came later. It was the memory of war that shaped Japan's 1947 constitution...