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...past few decades, a logical pattern by which writers translate historical events into the written word has evolved...
...conviction was the fifth in two years against Christian Scientist parents who failed to seek medical treatment for their children -- a record that the Boston-based church interprets as a crusade against its teachings. The Twitchells' sentence followed the pattern set in the previous cases. The parents were given ten years of probation, and they were ordered to submit their three other children to regular medical exams and take them to a doctor whenever signs of serious illness develop...
Jech and Santella were among 25 high-ranking IRS officials implicated in a pattern of misconduct and corruption uncovered in hearings last year by the House Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee. If found guilty of the OSC charges, both men could be banned for life from Government service. The alleged offenses began in 1984, when the whistle blowers turned in Santella for trading favors with a Mob-linked businessman. Thereafter, senior IRS officials began a harassment campaign that is still going...
...thousands of East German enterprises, that careful spending pattern was not such good news. "People aren't interested in East German products," said AMA sales clerk Mundel, indicating racks of dresses priced at a giveaway 5 marks ($3) each. "They only want Western goods...
...define their place in society and are willing to spend a lot to make a statement." Hamburg Designer Peter Schmidt notes that "people are willing to pay to surround themselves with well-designed things." Kurt Gustmann, an editor at the magazine Schoner Wohnen in Hamburg, points to a general pattern of cultivating leisure activities based on long weekends...