The Justice Department says domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of abusive behavior used by one partner in any relationship to control another partner.
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Potential employers in the future could examine such facts to determine whether it represents apatternofbehavior.
Mr. Bonds deserved prison because his misstatements were part ofapatternofbehavior that included using performance-enhancing drugs and cheating on his wife, he said.
This is apatternofbehavior that I think increasingly the international community is going to consider out of bounds and is going to continue to punish Iran for.