Word: trend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...already in operation, the vote was regarded as a glancing political blow against the Greens-the antinuclear environmentalists who have conducted a successful campaign to hold up construction of eleven new nuclear plants. Even in France, Europe's second most advanced nuclear country, with 16 reactors, the Swedish trend captured attention because France has been confronted by local protests against a new reactor in Plogoff in Brittany. Conceded Austria's Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, whose country voted against nuclear power in 1978: "The Swedish result is impressive...
Sources at Chicago yesterday offered an alternative scenario: they say that Harberger probably never intended to accept the offer at Harvard. Harberger felt his administrative reputation at Chicago was in decline, members of the department believe, and he thought a prestigious offer from Harvard might reverse the trend...
...round of elections, the biggest winner turned out to be the Islamic Republic Party, led by Ayatullah Mohammed Beheshti, who is Banisadr's main political opponent. Of the first 80 seats filled so far, the I.R.P. won 35, and Banisadr's supporters carried only 15. If that trend continues in runoff elections, to be held early next month, the I.R.P. is likely to emerge with the largest single bloc in the Assembly. But many of the non-I.R.P. members, who will probably form a majority, are locked in bitter rivalry with the clerical party and will side...
...trend of cereals for big kids started with the introduction of so-called natural breakfast foods made of oats, honey, raisins and nuts with no nutrition-boosting additives. But the bloom of the early 1970s back-to-nature movement faded once it became known that they were heavy in fat and sugar and poor in nutrition. The naturals' market has shrunk from 10% in 1974 to the current 3%. Fortified bran-based cereals, helped by studies showing the health benefits of high-fiber diets, have replaced the natural products. Quaker Oats' Corn Bran...
Garson Kanin, whose bestseller Moviola resulted from a complex collaboration between Wolper Productions, NBC and Simon & Schuster, feels that while the trend may be "very good because it gets a kind of interest and attention for the book, danger can come if film people try to steer the writing. Then we're back in Ghastlyville...