Word: spikeness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...members more eager to subscribe. "Tough times are often good for the church," says spokesman Ross, "because people are looking to connect with each other and to connect with God." If that sounds like spin, it is - but it also happens to be true. Church attendance does tend to spike during tough economic times as people search out community for spiritual and material support. Warren's message is particularly likely to resonate with those who have lost the jobs, homes and possessions that defined them. Left to rebuild their lives, they are literally looking for a purpose. But while churches...
...application spike will certainly contribute to the selection of a more qualified and heterogeneous class, according to Michael P. Burke, the senior associate director of admissions...
...agencies by and large consider chatter the most reliable intelligence there is. But they also need to constantly remind themselves that it is a blunt tool, often as confusing as it is illuminating. The day of the meltdown of the Chernobyl reactor in 1986, there was initially a sharp spike in Soviet message traffic. The intelligence community knew something bad had just happened. But what? The immediate speculation was a change of Soviet leadership or even a plane crash. It wasn't until more reporting emerged, including that by the media, that it was understood it was a nuclear accident...
Besides the economic downturn, Hernandez credited the spike in applicants to the school’s increased efforts to promote HDS and its programs to prospective students...
...States that ban gay marriage boasted a 11% spike in avid porn-viewers above those that don't outlaw such unions...