Word: tend
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...skimpy voter turnouts of the past few years could improve. Older citizens tend to vote in greater numbers than the young, and the Census Bureau says the median age will rise from 31 to 36 by the end of the century. There will be many more very old Americans. For instance, Arizonans over 80 will increase their number almost fivefold in two decades, from 50,000 to 228,000. Nationally, the number of people 85 and older is likely to double, to 5.1 million. To accommodate this demographic shift, cities and states may adapt existing facilities to the new circumstances...
...while change may not be immediate it certainly is inevitable. Because of this, they say that United States policy towards the country is of the utmost importance. "A lot of the Blacks are disillusioned with capitalism, because they feel that America has not done anything for them, so they tend to lean toward socialism and the Soviet Union. They are beginning to see the United states a hypocritical," the junior says...
Some area lawyers also believe a larger internal staff will give Harvard greater flexibility in resolving legal conflicts. Lawyers from outside firms tend to be much less flexible in negotiating out-of-court settlements because they cannot make any compromises on their own authority, several Boston attorneys note. "They won't do or say anything without checking it out with their client," explains...
Marilyn K. Kolb, an attorney for the First National Bank of Boston, adds that in-house counsel also tend to prevent legal problems, since company employees feel more comfortable asking them questions about potential difficulties. "It's a little less intimidating to call a lawyer who works two floors below you," she says. The First National Bank, which uses Ropes and Gray as one of several outside firms has expanded its legal staff from about eight attorneys five years ago to 37 today, Kolb says...
...while change may not be immediate it certainly is inevitable. Because of this, they say that United States policy towards the country is of the utmost importance. "A lot of the Blacks are disillusioned with capitalism, because they feel that America has not done anything for them, so they tend to lean toward socialism and the Soviet Union. They are beginning to see the United States as hypocritical," the junior says...