Word: trend
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College officials said that the increase in medical excuses probably does not indicate a trend. "My experience is that the number is lower than it was last year," said Jeffery Wolcowitz, senior tutor of Dunster House. "The variations [from year to year] depend on what strain of flu is going around...
...this a la carte approach to alliance membership confined to nuclear- deployment issues. France began the trend in 1966 when Charles de Gaulle closed down NATO bases and pulled his country out of the alliance's integrated command structure. Spain followed a similar tack in 1982: it joined NATO but kept its forces out of the chain of joint European command based outside Brussels. Last January, Madrid went a step further by ordering the U.S. to withdraw its 72 F-16 jet fighters from Torrejon air base. Greece has raised questions about U.S. bases on its soil. Such actions, says...
...yield, second only to Harvard's 70% among major colleges and universities. Increasingly, top students are choosing Stanford over the Ivies. Noel Maurer, 18, a senior at New York City's Stuyvesant High School, who has SAT scores of 1,510 (out of a possible 1,600), typifies the trend. Accepted by Princeton, Cornell, Columbia and Duke, he choose Stanford after a quick visit to Palo Alto. "It seems a lot more relaxed than Princeton," he explains...
Today, many advances in all fields are being made by minorities in this country and others, due to the weakening of old stereotypes and restrictions. Universities, to facilitate learning and prepare students more comprehensively, ought to accept this trend, and incorporate more minority studies into existing curricula. Stanford took a bold step in this direction to prepare for the future, only to be accused of undermining the glory of America and the West...
Dukakis, asked if he thought Jackson shouldrecognize his string of victories as a trend,replied, "I hope...