Word: trend
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trend in this direction has been evident in the affairs of the West since the end of World War II, Fulbright declared. In the current revival of Western Europe, he saw a potential continuance of the trend toward democratic solidification, but also a potential crisis; and he foreshadowed the substance of tonight's lecture by nothing that whether the West "fulfills the promise of unity or becomes divided against itself" is the most important of all United States foreign policy questions...
...unity could conceivably lead irresponsible or incompetent leaders into some desperate gamble to reverse the tide." The dangers, Fulbright said, are obvious: "When a great power is confronted with an increasingly unfavorable disequilibrium in the scales of world power, it may be tempted to act rashly to reverse the trend...
...resolutions. Many now object to the Association simply on the grounds that it takes stands on "political issues" in the first place. "Unrepresentative" has come more and more to mean takes positions on issues on which students "have no opinions" or even "...should have no opinions." This trend is only a change in emphasis. Both views have been advanced regularly in the past, and no doubt will be expressed at the Congress this summer. And both criticisms need to be understood and answered...
Acceptance letters were sent out yesterday to 361 students, 66 per cent from public high schools, 30 per cent from private schools, the remaining four per cent from foreign schools. These figures confirm a trend of the last few years toward admitting more public school applicants; last year, 59 per cent of the new freshman class came from public schools, and 37 per cent from private schools...
...which has been accepted for next year's freshman class is the "excellence of public school candidates." It is evident from the applications, she said that math and science in particular are being taught on an increasingly high level in the public high schools. Mrs. Stimpson suggested that this trend is probably a result of the increasing national demand for scientists...