Word: trend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard victory continued the Crimson winning trend during the day. Earlier the J.V. downed the Yale second boat by 40 seconds while the Crimson's freshman crew managed a nine-second victory over the Elis in a two-mile course...
...seems fairly obvious, from the trend of the franchise proliferation, that after the WFL, ITA, WTT and lacrosse leagues have run their collective course, pro sports magnate Gary Davidson and company will probably turn to a few ridiculous extremes...
...aspect of this whole contradiction is that some blacks--faculty, students, and administrators--who have argued for the last nine months both privately and in the nations press on what the black experience at Harvard should and should not be, have now begun to blame each other for the trend in admissions. ("On Contradictions," Crimson, April 29) It is no surprise that some black students are confused as to what the situation really is, and why it is that way. If one works with basic premises, and realizes that the voice of authority is not the voice of truth...
Model Railroad. Today country-music stars may sing about riding the freights or drinking a brew, but many go home to antebellum mansions or $500,000 ranch houses, buy Cadillacs and keep houseboats around for the weekends. A trend now is toward private jets, but many country stars, Haggard included, prefer to own their own buses-huge $100,000 cruisers decked out with color TVs, recording equipment, separate quarters for star and band, sometimes even separate buses...
Another lesson is that even relatively clean departments are reluctant to police themselves vigorously. Thus the trend toward independent agencies. Citizens' commissions seem to be the most popular. But Philadelphia's and New York's special-prosecutor offices will soon be joined by a similar setup in Wisconsin. Because their sole justification is to uncover venality, the new bureaucracies are proving especially effective...