Word: trend
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Oldest, commonest indicator of the state of U. S. business is the price of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange. But while that curve produced at No. 11 Wall Street is almost always eventually right as to trend, at any given moment it is frequently apt to be wrong as a "state of-business" indicator. For stock prices have always had a high emotional content, are given to excesses of excitement or complacency...
...much wiser Franklin Roosevelt might have been had he let that shrewd old reliable from Mississippi win the Majority Leadership after Joe Robinson died, instead of intervening for "Dear Alben." Leader Barkley, however, was up against not only Garner, Adams, Byrnes, Harrison & Co., he was also up against a Trend. Of 35 Senators elected or re-elected last November, 21 voted for Economy...
...said against Gunga Din. First-class entertainment, it will neither corrupt the morals of minors nor affront the intelligence of their seniors. But unfortunately, Gunga Din is not an isolated example of the cinema industry's majestic mass product. It is a symbol of Hollywood's current trend. As such it is as deplorable as it is enlightening...
...ever before. Sable Cicada, released in Manhattan last fortnight, is one of the first Chinese pictures made for foreign devils as well as for domestic showings. Likely to be shown only in a few small theatres in big cities, it is nevertheless important as a symptom of an ambassadorial trend...
...groups, and even House sports are well started and well equipped to last at Harvard. But the more time-consuming activities and sports are not on such firm ground. Except for the just plain "loafers," these groups undoubtedly supply the tutoring schools with their most willing material. And the trend of increased concentration and increased pressure due to the influx of more and more students chosen from grade competition makes these activities a hazardous undertaking from the scholastic point of view. President Conant's words were indeed an encouraging sign for those who believe education in its broadest, sense...