Word: trended
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Such celebration of painting materials for their own sake (much as if a composer were to write a concerto about, not for a violin) seems on its way out. Strongest trend Baur spotted was "a general but oblique redirection of abstract expressionism toward nature for its own sake." Painter Kyle Morris put it simply: "This kind of painting does not start with nature and arrive at paint, but on the contrary, starts with paint and arrives at nature...
...first-quarter earnings began to pour out last week, the trend was down, as expected by businessmen. But what was not expected was the surprising fact that in some industries, profits were actually climbing, some to new records. Hard hit were the durable-goods industries, railroads and raw materials, while many of the consumer-goods makers hummed along scarcely bothered by the recession...
...partly the result of an inexorable trend that first revealed itself in the indecisive 1957 election, partly a stunning personal triumph for Diefenbaker. Barely nine months in office with a scant plurality government, he had stepped up Canada's already generous social welfare benefits, provided new government assistance for hard-pressed prairie farmers, injected fresh government funds to spur housing construction. A few days after taking office, he called on his fellow Canadians to do more of their buying in Britain, less in the U.S., and by year's end some shift appeared to be taking place. Beyond...
...workers, were negotiated between labor unions and groups of employers. Though only a few businesses, such as the garment industry (TIME, March 17), bargain on what amounts to an industry-wide scale, dozens of others negotiate contracts through associations of from two to 20 or more companies. The trend is particularly strong in service and construction industries, where both union and management groups like the idea so well that they have asked the Administration to guarantee the right of industry-wide bargaining...
Indeed, it must be admitted that Radcliffe has not brought the chemise to Cambridge. Not only is it not assuming an exemplary role in introducing this mode, but it seems to be bucking the prevailing national trend. Spokesmen for the garment industries report peak sales of the baggy look across the country. Everywhere but in Cambridge, women, mounted on pointed Italian shoes, are getting into their loose sacks. Only here are flats and contour clothes holding their...