Word: trend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...survived the McCarthy era much more intact than our generation has survived the disappointments of the civil-rights movement and the antiwar movement. Seeger was also able to resist the trend towards conservatism that claimed many of his contemporaries. Old leftists are usually today's liberals. As Phil Ochs sang in "Love Me, I'm a Liberal...
...despite the ongoing dialogue on grade inflation, many are convinced that the trend is grader is, if anything, in the other direction...
...adds that recent moves by the Faculty to stiffen honors requirements here represent the most tangible offshoot of the growing sentiment against the grade-inflationary trend...
Singapore's role as "middleman" in the region, has frequently, and correctly, been seen as an exploitative one, leading to recent boycotts of its commercial facilities--for example, by the Malaysian pepper export trade. This "shrinking of the hinterland" may well be a long-term trend, but the government feels it may be able to forestall by always keeping a few steps ahead of her neighbors so that they will have to continue to be dependent on Singapore's "sophisticated" commercial and financial services...
...public is confident that an upturn has definitely begun, Congress is bound to come under increasing pressure to do more. Unfortunately, last week's economic news indicated that it will be some time before the pressure lifts. The index of leading indicators in March continued its downward trend. New orders to manufacturers fell 3% in March after a February rally, the sixth decline in seven months. Farm prices rose 4% in April, meaning that the present low inflation rate of 3.7% is likely to edge upward...