Word: trend
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...group recently chosen for the Rhodes Scholarships has aroused undergraduate interest in the type of men now being awarded this coveted honor, and has marked an unfortunate trend away from the all-round type of recipient. Much concern over this trend has been based on sentiment and on opposition to a change of any kind, but criticism of the subordination of leadership, athletic ability, and personality to scholastic attainment is well founded...
...conclusion is the one to which the increasing independence of Congress has been leading for some time, and represents a return to that balance of power between the legislature and the executive which is the normal and healthy condition of American government; but it is unfortunate that this constructive trend should have been demonstrated by the tactics of an irresponsible opposition...
Since last summer the biggest unofficial fact in publishing has been that William Randolph Hearst-nearing 75 and acutely "conscious of the uncertainties of life"- is liquidating those parts of his $220,000,000 holdings which make no profit. Junking of three big dailies was strong evidence of the trend. Lease of two more was confirmation. So was consolidation of the two Hearst news services (Universal and International News), the recent disposal of the unprofitable Hearst radio station KEHE, Los Angeles, and the announcement that some $15,000,000 worth of art objects were for sale. This week Mr. Hearst...
...mind. The kindliness and unselfishness of his long career make us wonder whether such a man will be able to find his place in the bureaucracy which seems inevitable in government public health. The question immediately arises as to whether this ideal of the country doctor can survive that trend...
...committee, however, decided to concentrate its efforts on "teaching and research," simply side-stepping the other questions. Budgetary problems and the trend to social sciences are closely related, for History, Government, and Economics in particular, and English to some degree, are Harvard's most crowded fields and promise to continue their growth. In these departments, too, the twin specter exists of a large group of young instructors eager to advance and of limited, permanent top faculty positions filled in large measure with young men. Further, as the report itself points out, University financial statements reveal that a "frozen" budget...