Word: trend
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...Spanish election was closely watched in other international capitals, particularly since it came in the wake of Socialist victories in France, Greece and Sweden and seemed to some observers to suggest a leftward swing in Western European politics. Most analysts, however, saw it as part of a mixed trend in which widespread economic problems tended to work against incumbent governments (see following story...
...keep order. The job is much more creative," Epps said in an interview "I don't think we have a tradition of showing that to our college administrators and our students," Epps, who heads the College Task Force, views yesterday's meeting as an important step in reversing the trend toward distant, impractical administrating. "We tend to react to the problems of the present in terms of solutions from the past," Epps said, emphasizing the importance of the new data from the surveys "I think it's time to clear the decks and start again...
Another film about a pair of lovable oldies in the twilight of their days, starring two Hollywood legends who had never worked together before. Detect a trend here? From the same sentiments that poured forth On Golden Pond (box office to date: $118 million) comes another tear-duct wringer, called Right of Way, with Bette Davis, 74, and Jimmy Stewart, 74. In the made-for-cable TV movie, due out next year, Davis is stricken by a terminal illness, and Stewart, not wishing to continue alone, decides to end his life too. The match-up of the two stars seems...
WASHINGTON--While Democrats claimed the trend was their way, Republicans predicted yesterday that the GOP's off your election strategy will succeed Tuesday in keeping Congress on President Reagan's course...
Kenyatta thinks the affirmative action controversy at the Law School is only a part of a national problem. Economic issues, he says, are the most important concern for Blacks in America today, and affirmative action is "a key concept" for helping Blacks escape poverty. Attacking the trend against affirmative action, he insists. "We have to fight to broaden it at the very time institutional America is trying to kill...