Word: trended
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Pundits have spent much of the past year debating what the trend to Labor said about Australia. In a country where voting is compulsory, elections turn on a dozen or so marginal seats, where small shifts in voter sentiment can make or break governments. There was reason to think swinging voters would applaud Howard: Australia is in its 16th successive year of economic growth, and unemployment and interest rates are the lowest since the '70s. "This is the first defeat of a government in decades where there was no evident anger or public rage," said former Liberal Senator Michael Baume...
...Rollins said.Though the Stags muscled out two 9-0 runs in the first half, taking an eight-point advantage into the intermission, Harvard managed to tie up the game with 11 minutes reminding in the opening frame on a three-pointer by Finelli.In what would become a trend, however, the Crimson forfeited nine straight points after Finelli’s game-tying three, a run sustained by Fairfield’s effort on the offensive glass.Ultimately, the Stags snagged 18 rebounds to the Crimson’s 11 in the first half and trounced the Crimson on the boards...
...areas better reflect this trend than our nation’s bastions of higher education. In the past 10 years, the number of U.S. students studying abroad has more than doubled. Under the administration of former University President Larry H. Summers, Harvard’s own undergraduate pedagogy has placed increasing emphasis on international experience—participation in the University’s study abroad programs has increased over 300 percent, escalating from 160 students in academic year 2001-2002 to 659 in 2006-2007. Study abroad programs reflect a growing interest in developing nations, which have welcomed...
...work of the IPCC, which was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last month with Al Gore, underscores just how momentous that challenge will be. The report predicted that at a warming trend of 3.6 degrees Farenheit - now considered almost unavoidable, due to the greenhouse gases already emitted into the atmosphere - could put up to 30% of species on the planet at risk for extinction. A warming trend of 3 degrees would puts millions of human beings at risk from flooding, wetlands would be lost and there would be a massive die-off of sea corals. Sea levels would rise...
Increased interest in China and the Arabic-speaking countries has contributed to the recent trend...