Word: trended
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...Lorraine to Lawson in Mason Temple verified that the crowd indeed was thin--perhaps fewer than 2,000 in the huge hall that had packed seven times that many for King's visit on March 18. He feared the sharp drop-off would invite belittling stories of a downward trend for him, along with the riot and new federal injunction. "Ralph," said King, "I want you to go speak for me tonight...
...private company. The state generated some $30 billion in debt to do just that. Or take the case of RAO UES (the electricity monopoly) buying a sizable part of the Power Machines Plant. When the state unraveled Yukos, officials insisted it was a single such case rather than a trend. But it soon became obvious that Yukos was not a single case, that this concerns the entire economy. Just this month, officials of the state-owned Rosoboronexport (the weapons trade monopoly) has taken over the privatized AVTOVAZ (a major automotive plant).These and other such cases show that Yukos...
Following the trend of recent years, company proxy proposals addressing environmental policy topped the Harvard Corporation’s voting docket, according to an annual report released today. Harvard’s two-member Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR) reviewed 126 proxy proposals, voting on 96 while abstaining on the other 30. After reviewing the proxy proposals, a 12-member Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR)—which is composed of students, faculty, and alumni—decides which proxies it will take a stance on. The ACSR then gives the CCSR non-binding recommendations...
...Class of 2009 was the most socioeconomically diverse class in the history of the College, and early figures suggest that the trend will continue this year, according to the admissions office...
...brother, Ben Stone. Supposedly the most bohemian of his clan, he is also the most boring. In films like “The Royal Tenenbaums” and “Old School” Wilson has always been, in my mind, the weakest link. That trend continues throughout this film...