Word: trend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...socialism. Is there really a trend toward conservatism? Or is there simply a trend against the people who happened to be in office during the economic crisis--between 1975 and 1982--and (who) were often Socialists or Social Democrats? In Germany, for example, you had Helmut Schmidt, and he was beaten. In periods of difficulty there is a feeling of selfishness. Maybe the traditional way the Social Democrats and Socialists had of intervening, with its emphasis on the state, was a bit too heavy. Our ways of thinking about our problems had to be questioned. It is true in France...
...often accused, advocating divestment that would occur in a vacuum. Intend it has to be looked at in the context of a nation wide trend, Harvard's divestment would be a drop in the bucket, but no one would disagree that once you have a whole lot of drops in the bucket, it tips over," says Ball. "Neither are we calling for a quick fix, a cure-all for Apartheid that will alone cause a transferral of South Africa overnight. What we are saying is that Harvard can't shirk its responsibilitity to play a part along with individual church...
Currency Market Intervention. Peterson believes that if the first three steps are implemented, fundamental causes of the dollar's strength, like interest rates, will begin "moving in the right direction" and the dollar will decline in the long run. "Then," he says, "exchange-rate intervention can help the trend along." Peterson warns, however, that "if the fundamentals are moving in the wrong direction, intervention could prove expensive and futile...
...recent years the ACSR has spent the majority of its time focusing on such investments, but some members of the advisory group have discussed finding that trend and focusing their energies on other shareholder issues...
...could pose problems," agreed Christine B Pratt, director of external financing. "The trend sometimes is to place unrealistic requirements on construction," she said...