Word: trend
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sort of pre-egg form while she is still in her mother's womb, or shortly after birth. This explains why the mother's health, at conception and during pregnancy, may be important a generation later. Therefore, West Germany's Dr. Widukind Lenz concluded, "the present trend toward earlier sexual maturity, earlier marriage and earlier reproduction is biologically favorable...
...abortion. Roy Lucas, a lawyer on the board of the Association for the Study of Abortion, believes that the new act is still too vague, but applauds the new ruling. He believes that it provides a weighty precedent for court action in other states and affirms a legal trend in recent years that would make all such intimate matters a private concern beyond the reach of the state...
...exciting a thing not to do even though I had mixed feelings about leaving Harvard now or at any time." In recent years, the $70 million fund, which is one of the nation's two largest community foundations, has concentrated on supporting projects to attack urban problems-a trend Glimp said he plans to continue...
This arrangement seems slightly surrealistic, but it is cheaper than most available mortgages would be. In effect, the President is paying off the additional land at today's prices, holding it and gambling on a continuation of the upward trend in real estate prices in the San Clemente area. Within the five-year period, the President will sell all but his five acres and house. If his gamble pays off, he will retire the debt on the borrowed money and perhaps even make a profit. Just to whom the President will sell is not known. It could...
...idea is to bypass completely the crowded docks at deepwater ports. Cargo would be loaded on the barges at an inland U.S. river port and unloaded at another-which could be on a U.S. river system or in Europe or Asia. The arrangement is an outgrowth of the trend toward shipping goods overseas in factory-loaded containers. It overcomes several drawbacks inherent in containers, however, notably their need for costly special dock facilities...