Word: trend
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...M.I.T. is being done at the expense of the liberal arts. That he plans to upgrade the university by "building from strengths we now have" only emphasizes the fact that the humanities play a secondary role at this university. We believe that the situation at C.W.R.U. exemplifies the general trend in this country to train rather than educate students...
...plan for Negro selfhelp. Roy Innis, CORE associate national director, said Nixon's speech "opened the eyes of a lot of people" and made him a "contender for the black vote." Until now Nixon has not been particularly popular among Negro leaders. If Innis starts a trend, the Republican campaign may generate support that even Nixon has not banked...
...offensive. Although he undoubtedly gained a temporary psychological victory, he suffered a grievous military loss that has served to further enhance our military progress. From the standpoint of pacification, progress was inhibited by the Tet offensive. But the aggressive action of the government has definitely reversed the trend and much of the ground lost has been regained...
...earth might disastrously decline. Other scientists fret that rising carbon dioxide will prevent heat from escaping into space. They foresee a hotter earth that could melt the polar icecaps, raise oceans as much as 400 ft., and drown many cities. Still other scientists forecast a colder earth (the recent trend) because man is blocking sunlight with ever more dust, smog and jet contrails. The cold promises more rain and hail, even a possible cut in world food. Whatever the theories may be, it is an established fact that three poisons now flood the landscapes: smog, pesticides, nuclear fallout...
Wall Street seemed sure that the lat est split-like the six others in the past eleven years-was not about to break the trend. Having risen $63 between the board's January proposal of the split and last week's stockholders' meeting, IBM's stock jumped another $10.50 in four days to close the week at a record $688-an extraordinary 59 times 1967 earnings. And why not? After the last split, a 3-for-2 deal in 1966, when the stock was trading around $370, IBM shares took only eight months to 1) weather...