Other designers are taking pattern in a new direction this year.

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Ms. BOYKINS: Well, I think the children are only taking the pattern that we gave to them, and they are, as the to--there's Michael Jordan in everything that we handed down to them.

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Morgan, a similar pattern may be taking shape in Paris, where rents have risen by 30% in the past two years, and in Stockholm.

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The company also learned that its complex pattern of comprehensive data collection and analysis prevented it from taking faster action on recalls.

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Dr Dacke had previously shown that dung beetles were able to keep a straight line by taking cues from the Sun, the Moon, and even the pattern of polarised light formed around these light sources.

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There needs to be some of the attributes you mentioned in (3) and more, such as: reflection and pattern-seeking, embracing ambiguity, tolerance for risk taking, iterative and collaborative approaches, experimentation and learning (failing forward), seeing the familiar in new ways, asking provocative questions and uncovering insights as well as many modes of thinking and organizational behaviors.

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Not far behind in importance, though, came the "pattern and decoration" movement, with Philip Taaffe (b. 1955) taking it to a heightened elegance and sophistication.

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These most recent examples of Google taking from others without their permission are just the most recent additions to a long established pattern of Google illegally stealing competitive opportunity from others.

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