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...There will have to be some fairly substantial changes in our staffing pattern," Redman said. He referred to the fact that the 251 U.S. diplomats either will take on the work in addition to their duties or that some will be replaced by American workers...
...Cabot-North was running a crossing pattern over the middle," relates King, when the ball was thrown right at the umpire. "He caught it, and turned a shade of red like I'd never seen before. We were all laughing, but North didn't think it was too funny...
...shin-splinting fanciness, as in the mambo. It is less taxing than the tango, which caught on anew with the Broadway success of Tango Argentino, a show that spawned a fast-stepping tour and any number of gift certificates for dancing lessons. "Merengue's not a real complicated step pattern," says Lynne Frazier of the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Burlingame, Calif. "You're not fighting to keep up with your feet...
...pattern has been more complex than that. Where there was little choice on issues, victory has gone to those who seemed most committed to the interests of the average person, rather than those of the Establishment. That is the classic strategy of populism, born a century ago. Though the movement has zigzagged through the political landscape, and though some conservatives now claim a share of its legacy, populism's core remains its opposition to assorted elites. In Maryland, for instance, the voting records of Representatives Barbara Mikulski and Michael Barnes are both strongly liberal. Mikulski, the shrill voice of blue...
...during the 1984 re-election campaign, and it may be growing. Republican Phillips thinks that support remains stable for the general outline of Reaganism. But two years ago, says Phillips, "even more Americans would have wanted Reagan's policies to be continued. Now, with problems in agriculture, the trade pattern and the endless budget and deficit crises, Americans have even greater doubts...