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...suspect was described as a Hispanic male in his mid 20s with facial hair, possibly a goatee, and wearing blue jeans and a tee shirt with a distinct pattern, according to HUPD Detective Sergeant Richard W. Mederos...
JERUSALEM: Anyone who's ever bargained over tchotchkes in a Middle Eastern market will recognize the pattern: Arafat demands Israeli withdrawal from 30 percent of the West Bank; Netanyahu offers 9 percent; the U.S. suggests 13 percent; Arafat reluctantly agrees. Today, Netanyahu announced he might meet Arafat "halfway" at 11 percent. You do the math; Al Gore won't -- he stressed repeatedly that he was here for Israel's birthday party, not as a peace negotiator...
...that have showed up in the trials of (real) adult murderers. How many cases have come before the courts of men slaying their wives and girlfriends? Or men claiming that boredom, or Twinkies, or something else ridiculous drove them to commit a crime? These children are only following the pattern America has set out for them over the last generation...
...scads of paying readers. Those curious about how this trick is performed--a category that must include nearly every other writer on earth--would do well to consult A Patchwork Planet (Knopf; 288 pages; $24), Tyler's 14th novel. This new book not only conforms to the familiar pattern the author has established in her fiction but does so in a fresh and engaging fashion...
...says the link between literacy andintra-pattern facial relations may explaindyslexia--a common reading disability--or even thehigh illiteracy rate in inner-city schools...