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...waiting for either a clear incident or a clear pattern of non-cooperation. "There is no indication of a massive U.S. attack at the moment," says Dowell, "but a surgical air strike could occur at any time if it were warranted." If the U.S. were to push the button the most likely targets would be Iraqi communications and military units. The real source of contention -- biological weapons lab -- would probably not be hit. "The equipment in such labs is dual purpose," says Dowell. "Unless the facilities are turned around for military use, they are used to produce harmless civilian products...
...years, MICK JAGGER and JERRY HALL'S relationship has followed a reliable pattern: he cheats; she threatens to leave; they reconcile and have a baby. So with the couple's fourth child almost a year old, reports are surfacing that their marriage is on the brink. Recently Jagger was spotted emerging from the home of an ex-mistress, model Carla Bruni, and last week tabloid headlines shrieked the news that a Brazilian model is carrying Jagger's baby (the woman denies the rumor). Jagger is also reportedly irked by his 14-year-old daughter's new modeling career, which Hall...
...Some children get into a pattern of turning every request into a debate...Instead of trying to one-up the child with a better argument, the parent simply walks away." (Wimpy Parents: From Toddler to Teen--How NOT to Raise a Brat...
Emerson would say that institutional people run the risk of losing their originality. The purpose of the institution is to homogenize, and those who don't homogenize get marginalized. The cost of joining is submitting to other people's ideas, to conforming to a pattern of thought and behavior as predetermined as the one adopted by a cobbler's apprentice...
...organizations, even large national organizations, operate on a micro level. The American Red Cross of Mass. Bay (our local chapter) may have one or two positions come open in any one year. And the chapter will probably not know far in advance that those positions will be open; this pattern is repeated across the country. The National Office of the American Red Cross does not recruit employees for local chapters and thus would not send a representative to a college recruitment fair...