Word: trend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last year. This is far from certain. The latest poll published by Rome's pro-Socialist daily La Repubblica showed Christian Democrats gaining by a percentage point, to put them three points beyond the Communists. Berlinguer, in a perhaps deliberately gloomy assessment last week, agreed with the trend...
...legitimacy has lasted, but, in 1976, some of the heat has died down. The music itself has become diffuse. Pop is not just rock: it is also disco, soul, reggae, country and ballads. The hottest trend in Top 40 music seems to be themes from successful TV shows. Last week's charts had no fewer than four, including the title songs from Baretta and Laverne and Shirley. When a smart, articulate song like Paul Simon's smash 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover gets to the top, it seems like a happy accident...
These whopping judgments are part of a continuing trend (TIME, Dec. 30, 1974). Jury Verdict Research Inc. of Cleveland reports that there have been a total of 98 awards of $1 million or more since 1971, with some attorneys winning more than one such case. Lawyers say that the spiraling awards reflect a growing consciousness by juries of a plaintiffs basic rights, the ability of attorneys to present far more sophisticated cases than they once did, and soaring medical costs...
...recent trend of labeling scientific judgments as "irresponsible" on the basis of their social implications illustrates the tendency to suppress unpleasant possibilities. Since when have we advocated censorship? If people are made wary of political attacks we are in danger of compromising our intellectual integrity. And to erode intellectual integrity is to obliterate free discussion. How then will we ever arrive at any truths, and how can we protect ourselves from oppression...
...secular city." There are fewer new priests to replace those who left. Seminary enrollment, at a high of nearly 49,000 in 1964, fell to a low of 17,200 in 1975. Only this year has there been a modest upturn-an increase of some 800-indicating that the trend may have bottomed...