Word: trend
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sausage Arms. But this year, showgoers spotted a new trend: a sweeping return to the 1930s, with its love of overstuffed furniture (one possible source of inspiration: late night replays on TV of the '30s movies) and the bright chrome chairs, tables and settees initiated by such Bauhaus architect-designers as Marcel Breuer and Mies van der Rohe; there was even a revival of the laminated blond wood chairs made popular by Finnish Architect Alvar Aalto in the 1940s. What made the trend significant is that such furniture comes not from the avantgarde, relatively low-volume makers such...
...though the jobless rate is low by U.S. standards, the number of unemployed has jumped from 120,000 to 330,000 over the past year, may rise to 600,000 by spring. "A disaster has not happened yet," says Federal Unemployment Insurance Chief Anton Sabel. "It's the trend that begins to worry...
...trend is bound to cause confusion. For one thing, old LL.B. grads are already demanding retroactive J.D.s. For another, the J.D. can be easily mixed up with the honorary degree of doctor of laws (LL.D.) and two rarely earned graduate degrees, which it may also dilute-master of laws (LL.M.) and doctor of juridical science (S.J.D.). Moreover, there are actually two kinds of J.D. One is the automatic label that some schools now give to all graduates; the other goes only to those who graduate at the top of their classes. This has been the longtime practice at several leading...
Rankovic, 56, turned out to be the head of a conspiracy, centered in the secret police, that opposed Yugoslavia's trend toward democracy and Western-style economic reforms. Tito purged the secret police; Rankovic and his fellow conspirators were ordered to stand trial before the Yugoslav Parliament. Evidence showed that Rankovic had wire taps leading back to his home and office, so he could tune in on the boss day or night, and that his agent had once taped a Politburo meeting so secret none of the participants were even allowed to take notes...
...wake of the trend setters, a wave of tourists is now heading for the island resorts. Long Island Banker Patrick Clifford and his wife Mary are typical. They have made four trips to Hawaii in the past four years, and not once left Oahu. But, says Mary, "I'm so disappointed at the way Waikiki's been built up." This year, they will see all three of the major outer islands...