The building was not phasing entirely in and out of the past, the phenomenon occurred in a crazy-quilt pattern.

The public land is intermingled with private timber holdings, mines, towns and villages in a crazy-quilt pattern that makes the park especially vulnerable to development.

The crazy-quilt pattern of state and private land means that the use made of each has impact on the other.

Some snugged up behind Atropos, the rest in a crazy-quilt pattern.

None of this eliminates the need for unified federal policies; a crazy-quilt pattern of state laws could ultimately do more harm than good.

All these problems were rooted in one fundamental fact: we had a crazy-quilt pattern of coverage in which insurance companies called the shots.

I also like hot peppers, which can be dried and used all winter long, and their tiny red fruits look jolly in this crazy-quilt pattern.

Unfortunately, the waves' crazy-quilt patterns meant most voyages required a starship to cross at least one.

The new society, the super-industrial society now beginning to take form, will encourage a crazy-quilt pattern of evanescent life styles.

This crazy-quilt pattern has no insurance rationale and was devised solely to keep spending within the agreed-upon $400 billion limit over 10 years.