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When Mung notices a pattern of repeated alarm calls, he speaks with the manager of the building, who then discusses it with the employees who work in the building...
...become a regular pattern: Tragedy strikes, a giddy clamor for new legislation goes up and anyone who doesn't uncritically accept the hype is anachronistic, cold-hearted or--worst of all--a "member of the NRA." After all, if Britain, France and Canada can achieve a near-zero incidence of gun fatalities with "common sense" (i.e., prohibitive) laws...
...markets in droves, shaving 7 percent off Tokyo's Nikkei index and 8.6 percent off Hong Kong's Hang Seng. London's FTSE fell 4 percent to a six-month low in the first minutes of trading before leveling out, along with similarly hit European markets, into a holding pattern ahead of New York's opening. Despite Monday's good news, the market remains nervous. "The choppiness in the market is by no means over," says TIME business editor Bill Saporito. "The key question remains where is the bottom, and what is it's shape. Many people believe...
...anecdotes swapped in Annenberg, a particular pattern emerges. For many first-years, the advising process is an innocuous hurdle; a few others build lasting friendships with their proctors and non-resident advisers. But everyone agrees improvements are in order...
...policy of reconciliation through famine relief and other economic assistance designed to reduce tensions along what may be the world's most heavily defended border - and the most dangerous posting in the U.S. military - North Korea's policy has been more difficult to fathom. If there's any pattern at all in the periodic bouts of talks with the South, Japan and the U.S. interspersed with episodes of missile launching, gesturing at nuclear weapons proliferation and testing the South's defenses, it's one of extortion. Since 1994, Washington, Tokyo and Seoul have pursued a policy of coaxing Pyongyang away...