Word: trend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Barbara Johnson, professor of romance and comparative literatures, exemplifies the trend toward critical self-consciousness in her latest work, A World of Difference, confessing at one point...
...music of U2 embodies a trend that differs markedly from the mood of the songs of the 1960s. Although philanthropy remains the general theme of the lyrics, the composers have abandoned their anti-Establishment tone and given way to a more humanitarian sentiment. Hunger, war and apathy are out; food, peace and empathy...
Officials say they are worried by the consequences of what they perceive as a trend toward only the richer classes being able to afford a college education...
...survey of financial aid administrators at 25 highly competitive colleges, the American Association of University Students noted a "trend that decreasing federal aid was causing an increase in college aid, coming to a point where the colleges were going to max-out," according to Executive Director James J. Plum...
...This is the first major bill that uses a new definition of divestment," said Slate. "It will not exempt the whole trend of companies that only semi-divest," he said...