Word: trend
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...four Buddhist feasts called poya days, corresponding roughly to the phases of the moon. The change amounts to a rejection of the custom of Sunday observance that has been standard in Ceylon since 1815, when the island was a British colony. But it does not really bespeak a trend; elsewhere, surprisingly, Sunday is gaining favor, even among countries that have religious reasons for preferring another...
Because the economy is so finely balanced, the Administration has been keeping an especially sharp eye out for any price hike that might signal-or set off-a trend toward inflation. Last week Bethlehem Steel Corp., the nation's second biggest steel producer (after U.S. Steel), increased by $5 a ton (to $119) the price of its steel structural shapes and piling. The price hike covered only 5% of all Bethlehem's production, was for a specialty steel that is used mostly in construction and does not appear in such consumer goods as autos and refrigerators...
...died. Written in reply to a group of American artists, writers and scientists who had urged Stevenson to quit, the letter flatly contradicted what some called "the Stevenson tragedy." The group's arguments, Stevenson wrote, "rest on a simple presupposition: that I share your belief in the disastrous trend of American foreign policy. But it is precisely this presupposition that I do not share with you. Whatever criticisms may be made over the details and emphasis of American foreign policy, its purposes and directions are sound. I do not believe the policy of retreat in Asia or anywhere else...
Irreconcilable Appearances. "Painting relates to both art and life," says Artist Robert Rauschenberg enthusiastically. "Neither can be made. I try to act in the gap between the two." His most spectacular feat of gapsmanship was his trend-setting Angora goat with rubber tire. It seems that Rauschenberg was struck by the incongruity of a stuffed goat in an office-furniture store window. He tried to paint the image. No good. But two years later, he laid a canvas on the floor, bought the goat, and set it on top of the canvas with a rubber tire around its middle...
American Influence. Gift-giving practices vary-and so do the taboos. The trend in Britain, unlike the rest of Europe, is toward less expensive gifts because of new, more stringent tax laws on gift giving. In Finland, any gift exceeding $30 is considered a straight bribe, and in Sweden it is considered bad form to give liquor-the most popular gift in the rest of Europe. The Germans prefer gifts that can be used over and over, do not like conspicuous firm names or advertising messages. Very few firms in Europe forbid their employees to accept gifts...