Word: trend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...year-old divorcee, mother and sole supporter of two children, and have been a legal secretary for eleven years. At a time when Women's Lib appears to be the coming thing. I find that my views are changing contrary to the trend. I have had my "liberation" and the victory is hollow. I find at times I yearn to feel again the exotic pleasure of hurrying home to prepare a man's meal, to iron and clean-not for me-but for him. My inner self is somewhat incomplete in its "glorious" independence...
...suicide rate is only one evidence that women are experiencing more conflict. A recent University of Wisconsin study suggests that women psychiatric patients today complain of more anxiety, depression, alienation and inability to cope with stress than did their counterparts of ten years ago. The researchers found no such trend among men. Relatively unchanged over the past few years is the fact that more women than men are in therapy for minor emotional troubles, and, according to some psychiatrists, more male than female patients are "seriously impaired." A major reason for these differences may well be society's willingness...
Athletic secretaries at Adams and Dunster are less optimistic. "I tend to think the trend (of the year so far) will continue," Edwards said...
...power at the convention. But they are finding that unless they can stack a local caucus, uncommitted slates or individuals can rarely win now. AFL-CIO officials running as uncommitted delegates in Arizona, for example, were soundly defeated; five of Arizona's 25 elected delegates are uncommitted. This trend is pressuring labor to choose sides earlier...
...strong, Yale completely stifled the Crimson attack. In first round action, wins by Terry Valenzuela and Gordon Rutledge had Harvard fans envisioning another Crimson domination in sabre. However, in the second round the roof fell in on the Crimson sabre men, and Yale won three straight. The losing trend continued into the third round. Harvard, feeling the pressure of an upset-in-the-brewing, dropped two out of three...