Whether this approach would be adaptable to the American pattern of local commercial broadcasting is doubtful.

"This is the classic American pattern of civil rights advance," he said.

And if you look carefully at the uniforms themselves, you'll notice that they differ from the standard American pattern in a number of subtle ways.

"It's time to focus on the larger American pattern of segregation in the suburbs," he said.

Most probably the solution in the longer term will be a switch to the American pattern, which stresses quality over quantity.

The original town layout was from an American pattern.

Earlier in life they probably were following the typical American pattern of trading up rather than down on their primary residence.

But that seems to be the American pattern.

Sweden had become a buy, use and throw-away society, following the American pattern.

The historic American pattern of striving immigrants building the economy also continues.