How do we account for this persistent pattern of misinformation?
But such a persistent pattern of postseason underachievement remained a major blemish on Manning's resume.
That establishment is co-owned by the restaurateur Ken Friedman, whose own persistent pattern of sexual harassment was also exposed, on Tuesday, in the Times.
A persistent pattern of bias has resulted in women being underrepresented in the firm's management ranks, the complaint said.
"I am writing to inform you about a persistent pattern of noncompliance," Mr. Schneiderman wrote, according to the letter.
They have started the legal action to expose what they say is a persistent pattern of journalists being assaulted, monitored and stopped and searched by police during their work, which often includes documenting police misconduct.
And the vice president would ban H.M.O.'s from the Medicare market if they showed a persistent pattern of cherry-picking the least expensive recipients by offering coverage in relatively healthy communities while not offering it in less healthy ones.
In a peer-reviewed journal, the political scientist Morris P. Fiorina wrote that "we seem to have settled into a persistent pattern of divided government" — of Republican presidents and Democratic Congresses.
Is the confusion over the nature of cheating a natural consequence of moral delinquency, or does it reveal a persistent pattern of unofficial tolerance and undergraduate ambiguity in regard to cheating?
Stocks rallied yesterday as investors bet that a widely expected cut in interest rates this week would bolster battered technology shares and shrugged off a sobering outlook from the computer networking powerhouse Cisco Systems Inc. "There is a persistent pattern of buying on weakness," said Barry Hyman, chief market strategist at Weatherly Securities.
The commission's report cited "a persistent pattern of unreasonable force in the Los Angeles County jails that dates back many years," but Mr. Baca said he was unaware of the abuses until a report filed last year by the American Civil Liberties Union.
