Word: trended
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...which allows students to use their own mugs washed by kitchen staff, according to O’Connor. O’Connor also credited Mather’s “house spirit” for its Green Cup success. Artz said he sees the Mather victory becoming a trend. “This is the first year that Mather has taken the contest seriously, and we have future projects planned,” he said. Artz described the planned conversion of toilets from single- to dual-flush toilets so that users will have the option of flushing liquid waste...
...discovered in the latest round of price hikes - and it sailed through the House. Asked whether gas prices might be reduced if Congress publicly encouraged people to conserve, one Wilson staffer replied, "I think you kind of have a natural solution: as prices go higher, there?s a natural trend by consumers to conserve." Translation: let the market, not us, be the messenger...
...that iPods have become as ubiquitous as water bottles and cell phones, trend chasers are eager to know what's humming under all those headphones. Some audiophiles are tuning in to Bad Day or Coldplay, but more and more are listening to podcasts--downloadable audio programs--that are offered free on iTunes. Here's a guide for the podcast perplexed, with pointers on some of the most popular shows...
...transfer energy-price increases to their customers in the form of surcharges. FedEx just raised its fuel surcharge on air deliveries from 12% to 13.5%. Even local pizza parlors, which have been adding a dollar or two to the bill, will reach the push-back point if the upward trend continues. "The pain at the pump this summer is going to be on truckers, taxi drivers, limo drivers, airlines, shipping companies. The question is, Do they pass it on?" says Joe Stanislaw, an independent energy adviser for clients of Deloitte & Touche...
...Increasingly, Dowd fears, women are willing to opt out of careers to be professional mommies, forgoing jobs for juice boxes. These mothers are blind to the tooth-and-nail fights of the generations before them—the fights to have jobs and to hold professional degrees. This recent trend, she implies, is a horror...