Word: trend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Americans generally vote for the party rather than for the candidate in midterm elections. This trend helps the Democrats because 45% of the registered voters identify themselves as members of the Democratic Party; only 22% are registered as Republicans (up from 19% four years...
...summer draws to a close, there are signs that more serious films could soon end the happy-movie trend. Woody Allen's first try at straight drama, Interiors, broke the house record for its first week in New York. That could be a sign of things to come, or may simply reflect the loyalty of Woody's fans. Even Paramount, which has made the most money from escape flicks this summer, is pinning its fall hopes on Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven, a bleak story about migrant farm workers in Texas...
Much of the public continues to behave as if there were a constitutional mandate to expend energy; the nation will burn nearly 4% more oil this year than in 1977. But this trend is being countered in a notable way by some corporate consumers, who are discovering that saving fuel is just about the simplest way to cut costs and boost profits...
...which are two of the biggest airlines, are the most vocal advocates of deregulation. Explains Pan Am's Chairman, William T. Seawell: "The brightest and most satisfying prospect in Pan Am's future is our entry?at long last?into the American domestic market, as part of the deregulation trend." Delta and Eastern strongly oppose deregulation. Smaller and medium-size carriers are trying to line up merger partners to keep from being swallowed up by the big airlines if and when deregulation goes through. Texas International is trying to take over National. Defensive linkups are also planned by Southern...
Ph.D.'s are not the only folks who have to do some calculating about career plans. Continuing a trend that began about ten years ago, college graduates will face fierce competition through the mid-1980's for jobs in fields ranging from anthropology and labor relations to sociology and political science...