Word: trended
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...affirmative action, the death penalty, police powers and so on--have been around so long, sifted and resifted so many times, that they now arrive at the court in highly specific cases affecting few, if any, real people. And it's not clear that Roberts wants to alter that trend. His speeches on the judicial role suggest a man more interested in the steady retreat of the court from public policy than in a right-wing revolution. Unless the Roberts court umpires another disputed presidential election (à la Bush v. Gore in 2000--a long shot, to say the least...
...director of national golf practice for Deloitte Financial Advisory Services in Atlanta. He adds that "the tide has dropped a little even in [the high-end] markets. That doesn't mean there aren't pockets and projects that are exceptions to the norm." Main says there has been a trend toward a more tranquil setting: "That's why there's a couple of clubs like [the Cliffs]--and to a different degree out in Montana and others--where it's really an experience to get away and to feel the privacy element again...
...trend is giving rise to a curious new customer at the local supply store. Dude farmers, says Carol Ekarius, author of Hobby Farm: Living Your Rural Dream for Pleasure and Profit, are "picking up bales of hay in their Jaguar." Amusing as that is, the results are not all good. Hobby farmers drive up land prices in hot areas. They also raise big-picture concerns about total farm output. Hobbyists get far less yield per acre than the lifetime pros, and in times of food shortage they would further crimp the supply, usda officials warn...
...there appears to be no stopping the trend, which is fueled not just by retirees getting in touch with the land but also by a rapid rise in the market for organic foods, which these farms tend to produce. If it sounds like something you'd like...
...substantial decrease in the number of burglaries, which dropped 18 percent between 2005 and 2006, the most recent year reported. The total number of crimes declined 13 percent, from 528 to 457, over that time period. In addition, since 2003, the overall crime rate dropped 30 percent, a trend that stands in contrast to most other Ivy league schools—several of which have seen a slight rise in the number of burglaries in recent years, according to those schools’ annual crime reports. The statistics were released as part of an annual campus crime report mandated...