Or is that an assumption based on the pattern of previous nominees?
Worries are now growing that the pattern of previous oil price shocks may be repeated: inflation, interest rate hikes and, finally, years of painful recession.
Gold may be a good hedge in times of uncertainty, but its rapid rise--and the talk about how it's a can't-lose investment--shows a striking similarity to the pattern of previous bubbles, like that in housing a mere three years ago.
He said that despite the fall, the statistics showed the same pattern as in previous years.
That pattern is well known from previous work on climate changes over the past few thousand years.
Most disturbing, however, was that this same executive had a pattern of similar failures in previous positions but somehow that history was either missed or ignored when she was hired.
This concern about the Bush Administration's approach to decision-making is heightened by several previous actions -- actions that suggest a pattern of behavior of which the non-summit idea appears to be but the most recent example.
Diplomats and observers in other countries had considered such an explosion likely as Pyongyang appeared to be repeating a pattern of provocative actions seen before the previous explosions.
Although officially Mr Daim has resigned to take a well-earned rest, Dr Mahathir's three previous deputy prime ministers could be forgiven for detecting a pattern.
The final vote on Thursday followed the same pattern as votes on other legislation at the end of the previous Congress, including the agreement to avoid some impacts of the fiscal cliff.
The pattern emerged last year, with a 7% increase on the previous year's figures for the number of students from Northern Ireland opting to stay at home.
While climate science is more complex than most previous political controversies implicating science, the parameters of the public debate have followed a familiar pattern.
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