Word: trend
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Within the University, however, it's a question of building respect and influence, not maintaining it. The large drop in membership, coupled with the fact that a third of the Executive Committee resigned this year, is indicative of the trend for activists to seeks SDS or the Young People's Socialist League even though they may not fully support their policies. There is little alternative for political action at Harvard. And those who join Young Dems with the vague hope that it will arouse them from their political apathy soon retreat to the comfort of their books...
...hardy band of holdout colleges is stubbornly bucking the irreversible trend toward greater reliance on Washington. These schools even shun the federal help already available, prefer to try to make it on their...
ROMAN CATHOLICS More Power for Priests The trend toward democratization in the Catholic Church was demonstrated anew last week, when 300 priests from 114 U.S. dioceses (out of 141) met in Chicago to form a nationwide organization to speak out on clerical affairs. A few years ago, such an organization would have been unthinkable. The new assembly, which calls itself the Federation of Priests' Councils, aims to mobilize local priests' groups in efforts to improve the quality of the clergy and speed the pace of reform in the church -and society. To show their ecumenical spirit, the priests...
...with her Negro boy friend, but has since concentrated more on what she calls "mood songs." Arlo Guthrie, 20, expresses antiwar sentiment in Alice's Restaurant (TIME, Jan. 12), but he wryly folds it into the overall theme of his own picaresque adventures with bureaucratic authority. The trend is summed up by Tim Hardin, 26, a sometime performer and gifted songwriter (If I Were a Carpenter, The Lady Came from Baltimore) who lives and composes at a mountain hideaway in Colorado: "I'm too involved with my personal life to write about the world...
Knudsen's impact in Ford's fight in the auto market could be considerable. Despite such trend-setting firsts as the sporty Mustang and the intermediatesized Fairlane, Ford's share of domestic auto sales has slipped from 31% of U.S.-made cars in 1961 to no more than 28% since. Ford's latest strategy is to battle for the medium-priced market, which G.M. dominates with its Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles and Buicks. Obviously, Knudsen carries in his head much inside knowledge-from styling to engineering to marketing-of G.M.'s future plans. Nor can he erase...