Word: trend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problems of overpopulation, war, famine, racism or crime are to be solved, rational processes will solve them. Those who squander their mental energies upon occult matters, such as astrology, tend as a class to depend upon the technologists and rationalists. I fear that if the present trend continues, our society will evolve toward exquisite dependency upon a dangerously small percentage of our members who remain in the rationalist camp. Should this come to pass, I fear that within a generation we would return to 30-vear life expectancies, rotten teeth and digging in the dirt with sticks for our food...
...this dangerous trend not received wider attention? "Governments," reported the article, "are either refusing to face the relevant facts or are briefing their scientists in such a way that the seriousness is played down." As a result, "we may muddle our way to extinction...
...possible legal tactic or argument. Even before that, however, the number of executions had been decreasing markedly. From a 1935 high of 199, the annual total shrank to 76 in 1955, 56 in 1960 and two in 1967, when the moratorium began. Meanwhile, Great Britain has joined a worldwide trend toward abolition, and Canada has followed suit (except for killers of on-duty policemen and prison guards) as a five-year experiment...
Beginning in the late 19th century, a trend against capital punishment has continued, if not always steadily, in both Britain and America. In 1846 Michigan, then a territory, became the first English-speaking jurisdiction in the world to do away with the death penalty for all practical purposes (treason excepted). Various states have since tried complete abolition-with some, like Delaware in 1961, later returning to the death penalty. By now, 14 states have outlawed executions completely (or with narrow exceptions, notably for killing an on-duty policeman). Still, American juries continue to impose death penalties at a rate that...
...Sesame Street and Flip Wilson. It also seems to signal a return to the popularity of comedy albums such as those that flourished in the early '60s. Another fast-selling LP is David Frye's Richard Nixon Superstar. Even Vaughan Meader, the man who started the trend in 1962 with The First Family, is back with a satirical vision of Jesus' return to earth titled The Second Coming...