Word: patterns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...European friend had refused to admit that there was a pattern of terrorism until Reagan's incident came up. But when our discussion led to the question "Should the U.S. have acted?" I lost my newly gained European posture. I realized I was on the fence. Yes, they should have. No, they shouldn't have. Just as Reagan appeared to be frustrated into acting, I was frustrated because I was looking only towards the end of terrorism, while my friend was interested only in finding a means for achieving this...
...handle student protests, Bok has carefully consolidated his power and built up his own administrative structure. That administration has seen the power of the student protest movement erode, the development of an impotent student government that is an object of ridicule, and a return to a more paternal pattern of government...
...list was gradually narrowed further. Many facilities, for instance, were relaying legitimate telephone or video signals on the night of the attack. HBO technicians provided one helpful clue. Exactly one week before Captain Midnight's attack, the service's programming had been interrupted briefly with a pattern of color bars. It was apparently the work of the same person; thus it seemed the culprit had access to the facility at the same time on both nights. Another important tip came from an accountant vacationing in Florida who had overheard a revealing conversation about Captain Midnight at a pay phone...
...allow labor unions to strike or engage in collective bargaining. "The recent actions of the government to expel two Roman Catholic priests and the closing down of the newspaper La Prensa are not new," concedes Nina Shea, a lawyer who wrote the report. "They are part of a pattern of repression against dissidents that has been going on for many years." And given the jangled nerves of the Nicaraguan leaders, the repression seems likely to grow even worse...
...pattern currently accepted for campaign forums, all of the candidates in the Eighth race, or at least all of the Democratic candidates, appear together. Hopeless hopefuls and serious challengers alike get equal dribbles of time in which to make prepared statements or answer a few predictable questions. Candidates are rarely caught off guard, and hence the most preposterous balloons of hot air are rarely pricked...