Taken together, the actions constitute a "pattern and practice" of religious discrimination, says the lawsuit, filed in Federal District Court in Brooklyn.
"It is clear that, as the prosecutor noted, Mr. Cohen's actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a significant period of time".
It is something represented in the work of art an object, an action, or a pattern of objects and actions, or even (less frequently) simply a nonrepresentational item such as a colour or a line that does the symbolizing; what is symbolized is a characteristic, such as evil or progress or courage.
In March 1993, Jones's lawyers, in an effort to fight dismissal of the case, filed depositions from Kathleen Willey, several Arkansas state troopers, Gennifer Flowers and Dolly Kyle Browning, alleging that Clinton's actions amounted to a pattern of behavior towards women relevant to the suit.
Most shareholder class-action claims follow a pattern.
A State Department spokesman, Charles Barclay, described the move to expel the two Cuban diplomats from the United Nations as a "separate action" based on a pattern of unofficial activities "deemed harmful to the United States".
Mrs. Clinton said Mr. Giuliani's actions were "part of a pattern of hunkering down, of getting angry, of lashing out, of dividing people".
The shooting created a storm of controversy last year, as black leaders and lawyers for the Tolan family said Sergeant Cotton's actions were part of a pattern of discrimination in Bellaire, an affluent town largely surrounded by Houston.
On North Korea, Mr. Obama said the country's recent actions were part of a pattern of "periodic spasms of provocative behavior" but played down the threat of a nuclear attack on the United States.
But it was difficult to tell whether his words posed a real threat or were a desperate effort to prove that his group was still a feared force, especially given that his militia's actions in Basra followed a pattern seen again and again: the Mahdi militia battles Iraqi government troops to a standstill and then retreats.
