Word: trend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shortly after midnight when the hamlet of Dixville Notch, N.H., became the first community in the nation to cast its ballots and set a trend that never varied: 17 to 3 for the challenger. Once the big count began, all the shibboleths of the election-that Americans were confused, apathetic and wished a plague on all the candidates and, above all, that they were closely divided-were swept away by a rising tide of votes, some hopeful, many angry, that carried Reagan to victory in one of the most astonishing political and personal triumphs in the nation's history...
...through the conservative trend of the country was obvious from the results. Regan's mandate was a good deal less than indicated by his 489 electoral votes or by Wall Street's thunderous vote of approval the next day (79 million shares traded, the second busiest day in the New York Stock Exchange's history, and a jump of nearly 16 points in the Dow-Jones average). His victory was surely not so much an endorsement of his philosophy as an overwhelming rejection of Jimmy Carter, a President who could not convince the nation that he mastered...
MORE SANGUINE observers are already calling 1980 an aberration, predicting a return to the fairly clear course of mid-twentieth century liberalism, perhaps as early as 1982, or when Ted Kennedy wins the White House in 1984. But the trend of the last decade proves them wrong--except for the perturbations caused by presidential scandal, America has been moving to the Right for years. Even if the Democrats do regain some measure of national power, they will still have to content themselves with defending the current size of government, for the prevailing view in America will not allow new regulation...
Neustadt added that the Republican surge this year is at least partially a result of careful GOP grass roots planning that began in the late 1960s and was interrupted by Watergate. "This trend of Republican strength is only resurfacing now," Neustadt said
...first novelists, and is certain to curtail lesser-known writers' advances against royalties. The Hollywoodizing of publishing and the boom-or-bust psychology that pervades the industry have made it more difficult to place first novels and nonfiction without mass appeal. The Thor decision can only quicken this trend. Few publishers are likely to take risks on little-known authors without at least a guarantee of a tax break on his unsold books. First printings will be smaller, and second printings may become a rarity for trade books that are not bestsellers. In addition, declining backlists are sure...