Word: trend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...appropriations sub-committee can reverse the trend away from fundamental research by increasing the allotment for the NIH in the federal budget, or by explicitly stressing basic over applied research in the NIH budget...
...sports program classified as bigtime, will start going the economy route of some of the big football powers and start dropping non-prestige minor sports from the program. Many freshman teams have already been dropped (soccer went to just two teams this fall) in recent years, a trend which should be reversed...
...just that the bucket of dollars held abroad is full to the brim, and any additions cause it to overflow. So long as this trend prevails, no amount of central bank intervention can halt the monetary jitters that are shaking the system...
Seth Cohen provided the day's excitement in his cliff-hanger at number six. After taking a 2-1 lead, Cohen battled to a 16-16 tie in the fourth game. In keeping with the day's trend, he then snared the last point...
Ballet is already experiencing heretofore unknown popularity in America, and The Turning Point will further this trend with its generous use of filmed rehearsals and excerpts from some of the genre's most famous compositions. But cineastes who have no special fondness for ballet will derive considerable pleasure from the plot's many twists and the consistently slick performances Ross culls from his cast. The Turning Point may not represent a departure from the highly commercial repertoire of films bearing Ross's stamp, but what he lacks in vision he makes up for in pure craft...