Word: trend
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Trend. The ease with which Costello beat the rap shows the weakness of vagrancy laws. Yet precisely because the prosecution usually backs off so fast on such charges when the accused is prepared to fight, vagrancy laws are seldom tested in court, where they would almost certainly be ruled unconstitutional...
...Vera staffers cautiously recommended the release of only 30% of the prisoners interviewed; now they intercede for 60%. At first the judges followed the foundation's advice in only half of the cases, but now they turn loose 70% of the prisoners for whom Vera vouches. This remarkable trend is based on equally remarkable results. Of the 2,300 prisoners-ranging from muggers to embezzlers-that Vera has recommended for release, less than 1% have failed to show up for trial v. a 3% no-show rate in Manhattan for defendants who were free on regular bail...
...Public Health Service show that the U.S. birth rate is in a decline. The general fertility rate - the number of births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44 -was down to 104.0 v. 107.2 for the previous March. Furthermore, this drop continues a two-year trend. Only 337,000 live births were recorded in the month of March - 6,000 fewer than last year and the smallest total number for the month since...
Running Faster. Detroit is capitalizing on the trend. Last week, adding to its investment in France and Spain,, Chrysler Corp. bought a $34 million take in the British market by acquiring 30% of the stock of Rootes Motors Ltd., manufacturer of Humber, Hillman, Sunbeam and Singer cars. Last month Ford announced that it would spend $400 million over the next three years to expand and modernize its European plants, and General Motors is planning to invest $600 million in Europe over the next two years...
...independence, now meshes its policies more closely with the Administration. It has kept credit easy (average interest rate on business loans: 5%). The Administration has steadily increased federal spending, which now comes close to 20% of the gross national product. Washington has generally aimed to spend for the trend, stepping up the increases when private investment falters, and slowing them when business spending jumps-as it is doing now. The Government has given business more expansion capital by liberalizing depreciation allowances, putting through tax credits for industrial expansion, and passing the $11.5 billion tax cut. Says M.I.T. Economist Paul Samuelson...