Word: trend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...present political turmoil: I feel strongly that our political trend is headed in a worrisome direction. The problems are complex: guaranteeing our national security, realizing our modernization and prosperity, and preventing any element from dividing our nation. I feel as though we are being forced to drift aimlessly, gripped by wrong ideas [such as permissiveness and lack of discipline] and totally disregarding the realities. On the question of when martial law should be lifted, I regret to say that such questions are beyond the realm of my duties...
...period of liberalization in the late 1960s, he came down hard on the Croats and in 1971 forced their leaders to resign. He also launched a purge of liberals, which reminded the world that Yugoslavia was still a Communist nation run by a dictator. Yet by 1977 the trend was again away from the hard line, and the atmosphere was becoming relaxed...
While the FDO has worked to improve the design of the proctoring system through increased briefings and monthly meetings with proctors and evaluations such as the year-end survey, Moses says its performance has not necessarily exhibited an upward trend. And Lewis's statistics bear out that presumption; although the ratings have increased for academic advising over the last five years, those for proctors have remained stable...
Some see the conversions as a potentially beneficial trend. Billy Walsh, a local lawyer specializing in property transactions, says it "is the right of every American to buy a condominium." Vickery, while less ebullient, insists home ownership has its advantages. "We have a high percentage of transients now," he says. "I guarantee you that once they own their homes, people become more active, more concerned about neighborhood politics...
Ormandy's hand-picked successor as music director will have an equally short season. Riccardo Muti, 38, will divide his time between Philadelphia and other posts in London and Florence, a trend among the newer generation of conductors that Ormandy laments. "These jet-set conductors, they jump from one place to another," he says. "At the end, they don't have their own children, their musical children. I belong to the school where you are married to only one orchestra and you live with it 24 hours...