Word: trend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...administration's recent announcement (Jan. 8 issue). that it is eliminating four more off-campus houses, was probably greeted at Harvard with a reaction bordering on apathy. At Radcliffe, however, the announcement brought rage frustration, and a certain amount of defeatism-after all, it is the continuance of a trend toward "dormitization" which no student protest has been able to halt or even slow down in the face of President Bunting's cheerful determination to make Radcliffe's students choose between dormitory life or "off-off" apartment living. With the former, students can opt for institutional food, rigid existence...
...removal in 1966 of Alexander Rankovic, head of the secret police. Until then it was still hazardous to criticize vigorously internal policies or the Soviet Union. As late as November, 1966, Djilas, Mihajlov, and others were sentenced for their works. Under President Tito's direction, a trend of liberalizing decentralization followed in Yugoslavia...
...growing alarm at man's abuse of nature is having a significant effect on scientists. Instead of burrowing in their narrow disciplines, many are showing ever broader concern for social problems. In Boston last week, the trend was clear at the annual meeting of the 122,000-member American Association for the Advancement of Science, which staged more than 40 symposiums on issues affecting the quality of life. Among the highlights...
...world would you be in for over two decades and not even have a watch to show for it?" Coco asks. "Do I consider myself a success? Yes. Yes. I'm a huge, tremendous, enormous success. In fact, I may start a whole new Fat Man trend." For Coco, newfound success manifests itself in such niceties as a chauffeured limousine and the three-quarters of a million-dollar advance sale for Lovers. He also has a major role in Otto Preminger's Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, plus an offer to do the movie version...
Squeezed by the fast-rising cost of living, U.S. consumers are turning to cheaper models, thrift-type goods and do-it-yourself repairs on their homes and autos. In a sluggish retail market, sales of retread tires, home-barbering kits and sewing machines have lately shown substantial increases. The trend has even affected holiday celebrations. Last week the fastest-moving item in many U.S. liquor outlets was Cold Duck,* a mixture of domestic sparkling burgundy and champagne that generally sells for from $2 to $3 a fifth compared with about $5 for domestic vintage champagne...