Word: trend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Conservative economists consider the economy too complex to ensure jobs for all workers without rigid wage and price controls. Unless the economy nosedives unexpectedly, the Humphrey-Hawkins bill seems unlikely to be enacted-and the rising economic trend remains Gerald Ford's best argument as he seeks to retain the presidency...
...estimated 436,000 registered voters in New Hampshire, from 2.78 million to 2.84 million in Massachusetts and from 3 million to 3.5 million in Florida. But in big cities, registration is down-by 102,000 in Chicago and 42,000 in Boston. Since cities are Democratic bastions, this downward trend may hurt the Democrats in November...
...hard to imagine that only two seasons ago, athletic director Robert Watson wrote the Crimson complaining, "There is a growing trend in college hockey today to support the home team with a vicious negative attack on the visitors. I am determined Harvard will not support its hockey team in this manner." He was referring to Section...
...Should the current trend continue," Watson concluded, "I will be forced to remove all students from Section...
...smaller-is-better trend is apparent at Woodlands, a fashionable country-club development north of Houston where houses sell for up to $150,000; the bestselling models now are priced between $30,900 and $34,900. The houses (1,085 sq. ft. to 1,275 sq. ft. in area) have three bedrooms and two baths and, their realtor boasts, "no unusable space." After a down payment of roughly $1,500, the owner pays about $300 a month on his mortgage. Fox & Jacobs, an aggressive building firm, sells its slightly bigger Dallas-area homes...