He even upholstered the seats of his 2003 red Corvette in the check pattern.

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Each red cedar has a slightly different pattern of microsatellites.

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Equally bizarre, the Providence Journal reports that a retired Rhode Island schoolteacher's attempt to pay off a credit card was held up because the transaction did not fit his usual pattern and therefore raised a red flag.

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For instance, Mawrth Vallis, one of the largest identified clay-rich regions on the Red Planet, exhibits a more uniform mineralogy pattern that indicates water was much more closely tied to surface processes on the planet.

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The Unikko pattern (big bold poppies, traditionally in red) is the most recognisable design.

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On the biggest stage, the U.S., the celebrated red and blue divide has led to two razor-thin presidential margins--again, no defining pattern.

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But the chairs were still trimmed with chipping red paint, and the floor tile seemed, as ever, to fall just short of exhibiting a regular pattern.

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