Like Justice Stevens, all served on federal appeals courts before their appointments, in a break from the historical practice of including leading lawyers and politicians in the mix.
"In a break from the historical pattern, net Medicare spending is projected to be a roughly constant share of the federal budget and the nation's economy in the coming decade," the Kaiser Foundation wrote in a recent fact sheet.
The agreement the president reached with Speaker John A. Boehner and Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, represented one of the most dramatic moments of his presidency and a sharp break from the historical parallel of the 1995 showdown between President Bill Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich.
In the case of Japan and South Korea, the use of social investment policies has been less of an ideational break from its historical policy trajectory as compared to Canada and Australia.
In a world of customizable coffees and individualized experiences, the wedding industry is just recently starting to break from its historical lack of options.
It is about breaking away from historical silo funding that promotes disease-specific M&E systems over strengthening overall health information systems and about building the capacity of HIS personnel and health system managers to take on programme-specific M&E coordination responsibilities.
He predicts that both the upside and downside of the tech market cycle will be foreshortened this year, breaking from the historical trend of a two-year bull cycle followed by a six-month correction.
In a way, the saros pattern of eclipses reflected for me the obstinate way in which humans are unable to break from their own familiar historical and political patterns.
Mr. Davis said the Point House addition would block water views from the lighthouse and break its historical connection with the ocean.
By refusing to recertify a deal that took not only years to be negotiated, but required such a rare historical moment to even bring U.S. and Iranian sides to the table ― President Trump demonstrates that he is unable to break through historical patterns or learn from past mistakes.
