Word: trended
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harvard policy are not beneficial to the University but only disrupt communications. I think there are many students on the HUC, SFAC, and HRPC like myself who have never been in favor of violent methods. Nevertheless, I think we are upset at what may seem to be a dangerous trend concerning the manner in which change comes about at Harvard...
When I look back over the past year and a half, there are two or three notable examples of this trend. The establishment of the SFAC came about as a result of Dow. Yet I can remember reading past minutes of the HUC meetings and listening to the discussions of that council during the fall of last year where a tremendous concern was demonstrated for Harvard's relationship to society. The HUC never got much encouragement or response from the administration about proposals and concern the HUC had expressed on matters relating to Harvard's position in the society...
...think it would be worthwhile for all of us to discover if this trend which I have mentioned is more than theory. It indicates that confrontation or violence has, in the past year or two, been a significant element of change. It may also imply that presently, despite the channels of communication, there is not the proper kind of reaction to student concerns which facilitates reasonable discussion and peaceful change. When students see that violence seems necessary or see that it has had success in changing things, it is natural for some to utilize that kind of method. Perhaps...
...trend toward tighter and costlier money-combined with expectations of continuing inflation-portends trouble in the U.S. securities markets. Bond dealers are afraid that even the high yields on fixed-interest securities are too low, relative to the rate of inflation. These dealers figure that they may have a tough time floating the issues that industry needs to expand and modernize. With somewhat less justification, stockbrokers worry that investors will switch out of stocks and into bonds because the difference in yields is so enormous. This month, the average yield on Triple-A corporate bonds climbed to 6.47%, while...
...month at the mandatory retirement age of 65, he will leave behind an industry with a stodgy image and a company with a spotty record. In his tenure, U.S. Steel's share of domestic steel sales has slipped from 30% to 25%. Last week, hoping to reverse that trend sharply, the world's largest steelmaker picked a new management group. To succeed Lawyer Blough as chairman and chief executive, Big Steel's directors chose Edwin H. Gott, 60, an operations man who has been president for the past 18 months...