Lawmakers of different political stripes generally considered his performance in that job, especially after the Sept. 11 attacks, to be effective.

"Primates of a different stripe than the apes and man."

Now he hears, and shares, confessions of a different stripe.

Experts of different ideological stripes differ on how damaging taxes are to the economy.

We're using binding with different bias-cut stripes that change directions as they go down.

But somehow, this was evil of a different stripe.

If a man has a different stripe, whether of the same species or not, he is the enemy.

You could call it a swimmer of a different stripe.

"People of all different stripes are actively involved, whether it be in the community board, the homeowners association or the local Democratic clubs," he said.

They've lived there almost as long as the Wallace family, but a different stripe entirely.