Word: trend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plan. Lately I've noticed that the big trend is toward trends. People are starting to realize that if a trend is recognized and publicized, it becomes de facto a more powerful trend. Positive feedback...
...Trend number one: The trend towards more expensive political campaigns. It has been estimated that in order to run for re-election to the U.S. Congress a senator or representative must work night and day to bring in $125,000 in campaign contributions every single month he is in office. As it is, then, the legislative body of the United States federal government is too busy grubbing change to pass laws...
...past few years, Massachusetts legislators have said they have made an extra effort to increase student aid but are now concerned that this positive trend will not be able to continue if the president's proposed cuts become...
...That trend, though, seems to have reversed itself: the crime rate rose again in 1985 and early 1986. Blumstein offers this explanation: while there are fewer young males generally, there has been a disproportionate increase of males in the underclass. This group, with all its attendant ills of poverty, alienation and broken homes, is particularly prone to criminal behavior. "What we're seeing," says Blumstein, "is a changing social-class composition, and crime correlates with social class...
...there who are belatedly purchasing Zen Arcade or other Husker Du albums, might want to take heed. Sample skag heaven by Squirrelbait and catch a new trend in the making...