Word: trend
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Ridewood said that he sees no strong trend in college reading...
Even if the trend continues, zero population growth cannot be achieved for decades. World population is still increasing by about 80 million people a year, and the bureau estimates that the family of man, some 4.25 billion strong in 1977, will double in only 30 years...
Robert Griffin, 55, to his dismay, bucked the voting trend. Michigan's G.O.P. Senator was one of the nation's few conservative incumbents to be defeated by a liberal. In his bid for a third Senate term, he lost (47% to 53%) to Democrat Carl Levin, 44, the former president of Detroit's city council...
Today the parties have virtually collapsed as a force in American politics. This fall's campaigns were emphatic confirmation of a trend that has been at work for a decade or more: the draining of energy and resources away from the parties and into a sort of fragmented political free-for-all. The extent of the political transformation can be seen in the extravagant use of television, which more than any other single factor has cut loose candidates from their parties and allowed them to inject themselves directly into the constituent consciousness: individual packaging instead of bulk. In this...
Interpublic's latest acquisition reflects an accelerating trend toward bigness in the ad business. Part of the reason is that large multinational clients need agencies that can supply a broad range of services from ad production to test marketing worldwide. At the same time, there will probably always be a place for the nimble, specialized "boutique" ad shops that live mainly on their creative flair. The losers in the shifting pattern are likely to be the middle-size full-service agencies that are not big enough to compete with the leaders and not agile enough to beat out the small...