Word: trend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...high as 50 times their earnings; the average price for the 500 stocks in Standard & Poor's Index is about 13 times earnings. Says Zeikel: "It's true that some high-tech stocks have gotten ahead of themselves." But he argues that the overall high-tech trend is up and that the funds will ride up with...
When the Westinghouse Science Talent Search named its top achievers this month, the announcement was yet another instance of a growing national trend. Grand Winner Paul Ning, 16, is not a native-born American. The son of a Taiwanese diplomat, Ning came to the U.S. at the age of three. By eleven, he was constructing a simple wind tunnel to study the relationship between velocity and pressure. Now a senior at the elite Bronx High School of Science in New York City, Ning feels, "You have to be aggressive in your studies to really understand what you're doing...
...analogous circumstances of these elections may indicate a worldwide trend towards questioning the ideals of a welfare state. But Reagan who has based so much pre and post--election rhetoric on this apparent phenomenon would be wise to compare his problems to the tribulations of the victorious parties in Sweden, for just last fall voters reinstated the Social Democrats...
Officials believe these tactics have emphasized Harvard's needs so strongly that many alumni have reached deeply into their pockets for "stretch gifts" that far exceed their past trend of giving to Harvard. According to Glimp, the average donor to the Campaign has pledged 110 times the level of his normal annual gift in the past...
...moment they went on sale, the Chrysler LeBaron convertible and its sister car, the Dodge 400, were smashing successes: 24,000 were sold in 1982, vs. 3,000 projected by Chrysler researchers. The four-seat LeBarons were snapped up, at $1 1,000 to $15,000 apiece, by celebrity trend setters, as well as by ordinary folks looking for a little dazzle...