Word: trend
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...much about it even today. Short-range forecasting has improved enormously in recent years, even though squalls occur on days when the weatherman insists the precipitation probability is near zero. And despite great advances in techniques and technology, the discipline of climatology-the study of long-range trends in weather-is still an inexact science, to say the least. Climatologists still disagree on whether earth's long-range outlook is another ice age, which could bring mass starvation and fuel shortages, or a warming trend, which could melt the polar icecaps and flood coastal cities...
Full-time enrollment in the nation's colleges and universities last year was about two per cent higher than in the previous year, reversing a six-year trend, according to a recently released U.S. Census Bureau advance report...
...number of applicants to Harvard did not reflect the national trend, staying about the same, John P. Reardon '60, associate dean of admissions and financial aid, said Monday...
Reardon said the number of black applicants increased last year but he felt this was the result of recruiting by Harvard rather than part of a national trend. The Census Bureau report said black student enrollment rose 16 per cent between...
Several American athletes have warned against this trend away from the individual. Discus thrower Mac Wilkins, who won a gold medal at Montreal, told reporters that he was threatened with expulsion by United States Olympic officials for training away from Montreal even though he could not concentrate in the Olympic village. He went on to say that his victory was an "achievement for myself." Arnie Robinson, the victor in the long jump competition, felt that his medal was a reward for his long hours of training. "I won for myself, my family," Robinson said...