Word: trended
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...purged with milk -floor, walls, ceilings and idols-after the untouchables leave. Untouchables who have turned Christian often find their lot even worse than before. Shopkeepers may refuse to sell to them, barbers to shave them, and other untouchables sometimes drive them from their wells. This has accelerated the trend back to Hinduism. Hindu sources claim 10,000 reconversions for last year alone...
...current trend away from democratic institutions, Turkey took a decisive and dangerous step. Last week Premier Adnan Menderes jammed through Parliament a bill outlawing all political meetings except those held 45 days prior to a general election. Since Turkey has elections only once every four years, Menderes was effectively denying his people the elementary right of freedom of assembly. Following closely upon his press-muzzling laws, the new act raised the question: Where is Menderes heading...
...taller and 24 Ibs. heavier than the oldtimers. Third basemen are 2 in. taller and 18 Ibs. heavier than those of 20 years ago. Outfielders average 20 Ibs. heavier. Scientists have long known that each generation of Americans is larger than its predecessor, but the trend to larger, stronger ballplayers is not merely the result of genetics and good diet. Choke batters like Outfielder Richie Ashburn of the Phillies and small, rabbit-quick infielders like the Yankee's Phil Rizzuto are going out of vogue. Said National League President Warren Giles: "Every scout is now looking for the power...
Explaining their taste, the directors who bought the canvases reproduced on the next two pages threw a good deal of light on the abstractionist trend in acquisitions. The directors' cases...
...This new trend in Reunion behavior has been developing for some time. Edward A. Weeks, Jr. '22 spotted it back in the thirties, and commented: "It is no longer necessary to break three hundred glasses and fifteen windowpanes in order to prove that you've been college graduates for six years. Amen! Amen!, sigh the hotel proprietors on the Cape...