Word: trended
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Reflects General Trend...
...shown a pronounced shift in emphasis. Admissions committees now enthusiastically urge pre-medical students to acquire a "liberal education" in their undergraduate years, in addition to meeting the regular pre-medical science requirements. After studying the problem of pre-medical education, the Severinghaus Committee officially summed up the trend two years ago when it concluded that "every student...should think of himself as a liberal arts student in search of a well-rounded education and should be treated as such." Medical schools, however, still continue practices which contribute directly to pre-Med overspecialization. A number of schools, for instance, issue...
...contact with people in general than is the case in Europe. This may be the result of the warmth of your church atmosphere . . . The European churches consist of individuals, the American ones more of families." The clublike sociability of U.S. Protestant churches reminds Bishop Berggrav of "the social trend so often noticeable in the New Testament . . . In the U.S.A. a pastor or a parish worker may be approached by any man wanting his advice . . . about how to secure a good used car or something. This in Europe is not considered the proper thing for a Gospel-man to be engaged...
...Devil is getting his due in French books, plays and movies these days, and Author Gabriel Venaissin notes the trend in the current issue of Combat: "An odor of sulphur hovers over Paris . . . The Devil in 1955 uses Chanel perfume, however. He is a distinguished man of the world . . . Lucifer burns no one today. But it's strange to see him come back so abundant, so eloquent, so cut up, as it were, into hundreds of little devils all trying to outrival each other...
...recent trend, e.g., Dragnet, is to turn TV plays into movies, using the TV shows as publicity buildups. Several studios and independents are bidding for Patterns, the TV play about big business that got a repeat performance fortnight ago on Kraft TV Theater (TIME. Feb. 21). Seven other TV shows have either been made into movies or are under consideration, including Marty, Dear Phoebe, Halls of Ivy and Waterfront...