Word: trend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...great damage has been done to date, and no one has been hurt. While the Air Force has tightened security at its bases, it is still reluctant to say that these isolated acts add up to a trend. From all appearances, Juhala was acting alone in Michigan, taking private revenge for fancied governmental insults. The motive in the case of the other acts of sabotage remains a mystery. A Weatherman type group called Citizens Committee to Interdict War Materials (CCIWM, pronounced Swim) claims responsibility for the damage and has been duly infiltrated by volunteers working for the feds...
...dark comparison between the current inflationary trend and the days of Germany's post-World War I Weimar Republic, when inflation helped bring Hitler to power, was echoed several times. Said Joseph Kohlmaier, mayor of Limburg: "People here are generally pleased with the foreign policy of Willy Brandt, but there is also the feeling that the success in foreign policy has come at the expense of domestic programs. The Christian Democrats, in the minds of most people, stand for no inflation, even if it means a certain dampening of the job market...
...Tanner's films are only part of the disturbing trend in film to rely on visual and emotional shorthand, on elliptical reference, on stock symbolism, and on inadequate artistic explication in dealing with human problems. I am tired of being manipulated without compensations. Modern life is too complex to be treated with Tanner's irresponsibility--or without the artistic and moral understanding of Bergman...
Yankelovich said he has seen a trend towards conservation in the last year--conservatives now outnumber liberals by more than...
...trend, as Manhattan tastemakers were quick to conclude? Perhaps. Levin was fond of describing his restaurant as "a place where people come to dine, not to eat." With a trace of scorn, he notes that people today are merely eating. Soule had a following that included a host's delight of the wealthy and famous. Levin tried to build a new, younger clientele, without much luck...