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...We’ve come a long way from where we were,” captain Carrie Williams said. “It’s a continual upward trend...
...difficult to forget all those banner headlines, basically enthusing, “see? They’re not happy with Harvard!” The responses of last year’s graduating class in the annual senior survey were better but continued a “three-year trend of dissatisfaction among undergraduates,” the Crimson reported...
...spring of 1956, The Crimson announced the arrival of a new trend: “Revived Dramatics Activity Parallels Theatre Interest.” Noting the “revival of ‘dramatic spirit’” among undergraduates along with a “new drive for theater” among all students, the announcement was followed by a similar article next fall that characterized the trend as a “boom in dramatic activity” on campus. In 1957, the year’s tally of theatrical productions rose to an impressive...
Russia's strategic goals within this region also remain an enigma and a worry. Its resurgent economy could help fuel growth in the area, but a recent trend toward economic protectionism is a potential threat. Several years ago, for example, Moscow tripled export taxes on goods traveling to Latvia in order to help its own ports, a measure that has pumped up St. Petersburg but slowed growth in rivals like Riga. And despite all the hype about free trade, the Baltic Sea region is still not capitalizing on its full potential: an economic study by the Swedish Board of Trade...
...trend has been moving toward more marketing to smaller and smaller niches who can afford to indulge their wants and needs," notes Doug Shifflet, president and CEO of D.K. Shifflet & Associates Ltd., a McLean, Va., consumer-research firm that specializes in travel...