I think (Fuller) has reversed a negative trend, ... I think it would be in the tank if it wasn't for Bonnie. How much farther it can go is the question.

Peter Kreisky

It's been a trend over the last few years, but it's just getting bigger and bigger. It's the clubbing, party-going crowd, and it gives people an excuse to dress up how they normally wouldn't.

Shari Maxwell

With exports now recovering and domestic demand rising steadily, production activity is likely to maintain its rising trend in the near-term.

Taro Saito

The trend in angiography is imaging rather than intervention. The benefit is for people who you don't want to subject to an angiogram and who you don't expect (will need) urgent intervention.

Dr. Kirk Ohanian

The trend, though, in Columbus is picking up over the last few months.

Ken Goldstein

We think it's a growing trend and they're here to stay.

Jeff Tjornehoj

We're trying to reinforce an emotional connection. We're hoping to capture some share from specialty stores with fast fashion that's on-trend and on-time — but at a smart price. It's all about showing our brand as ... a current brand.

Michael Cape

The increase in inequality in income is a longtime trend, but the pressure on middle- and low-income workers is going up rapidly. Especially if they live in an area where there are high housing and gas prices, like California.

Alice M. Rivlin

The trend in the technology is clear. It's toward larger size and much higher efficiency.

Christine Real De Azua

I was really encouraged to see the rebound in activity in June and July. The local economy looks much healthier this summer than it did this past spring. However, a clear up-trend is not yet in place and probably will be slow to develop given the punishing level of energy prices and the prospect of more consolidation in the auto industry.

Dana Johnson

This confirms the downward trend overall, with some resistance in the Paris region. This weekend we will exercise extra vigilance in the Paris region.

Michel Gaudin

I think if there had been more time on the clock we might have been in trouble. We came out strong in the first half, we executed our game plan. It's been our trend this year, we only stuck to the game plan for a half.

Laura Brand

The U.K. economy will probably perform under trend again next year. The pound will fall early next year.

Gavin Friend

Whether top-down or bottoms-up, the facts today point but in one direction: that of sustained, significantly above-trend growth at least through the end of 2000, with virtual certainty of vigorous growth through 2001 and even the likelihood for continued expansion though 2002 as well.

Rick Whittington

I hope this isn't a trend for us. We felt fortunate, because I felt like we were down 30. But when you have a guy like Dallas (Richardson) who can chuck it in like that, he can keep you in there. Brad and Dallas helped us stay around and weather the storm.

Scot Bunnell

The Bank of England currently seems unlikely to act before August given that growth in the first quarter appears to have been around trend, while survey evidence indicates that inflationary expectations have risen recently.

Howard Archer

I'm very relieved I got through today, ... It was really tough out there. It felt good after I made that putt. I have a lot more days to go, so hopefully I can keep that trend going.

Michelle Wie

Independent and public radio are definitely on an upward trend, ... KUMD has been doing it for nearly 50 years, so we take it for granted here, but in other markets that haven't had this, they are hungry for it.

John Ziegler

This is a lifeline for the little guy who's been struggling to compete against the big guns, and a helping hand for the Sportsman racer who's hoping to move up to Modified. This spec motor is certainly not the cure-all for the trend of escalating costs in the sport. But we think it will help. And the time to sit back and do nothing has certainly passed.

Jim Swanson

PPI was very well behaved due to energy, though there was a rebound in car prices. Aside from that, the trend is soft in terms of prices. That confirms weakness in economic activity.

Jade Zelnik

Germans are at risk of dying out if the trend continues.

Harald Michel

It's definitely bigger than it was 15-20 years ago. The trend is also toward having as many diamonds on the ring as you can.

Marilyn Oliveira

The intervention has had little impact on reversing the [yen's] upward trend.

Brian Martin

There's a trend in the grocery business to make things as convenient as possible for the customer. As our families and work habits and schedules change, you're seeing a lot of grocery stores going to what's easiest for the customer.

Vivian King

But now that they're pretty much saying that it was an accident and not a terrorist thing, we're just resuming the trend.

Gib Clark

This is a hopeful signal that the trend of downturns will reverse. International students play such a large part of graduate education in the U.S.

Heath Brown

There is a definite trend that existing laws are being specifically refined to cover the Internet.

David Ellis

If anything, we are going to see more and more things shielded from public view rather than fewer; that's been the trend.

Amanda Martin

It hasn't changed that much. You can look county by county and see the statistical variation, one has a downward trend and one has an upward trend, that tells me it's random.

Steve Carrellas

I think some people would say the numbers are the same. But with the casinos, we're fighting a trend and everyone else is going down, ... The fact is, we're not going down. Our people do go to the casinos, but they don't go up there every day.

Steve Alford

The trend is definitely swinging to smaller vehicles ... but the bigger cars aren't going away.

Mike Dawson

No business could survive this trend without grave consequences to its operation.

Joe Raymond

It was a groundbreaking trend on my part. I think this will give people a sense of hope, especially my students.

Barry Purvis

Vacations are getting longer and the trend towards short trips is over.

Horst Opaschowski

This is just a continuation of a trend amongst many companies that have moved away from defined-benefit plans as a principal source of retirement income.

James Klein

Changes in the projected mix of the models offered, coupled with a lower price-escalation trend reduced revenue estimates for the first 400 units [of the next-generation 737s].

Boeing Co

Natural fabrications such as linen, silk, cotton sateen and voile are the foundation for this trend.

Marla Shavin

If we can get a duplex in, it would be ideal for an older couple. It would be great for the farmer looking to move into town. We are hoping this will house we are building now will start a bit of a trend.

Charlie Hosack

(W)e are more interested in whether a broader industry trend is developing.

Richard Greenfield

It's the trend we've seen for a long time.

Dan Sumner

It's hitting us much earlier this year. We don't know where this is going, but it's definitely spiking, definitely on the upward trend, but we don't know when it will peak.

David Engelthaler

To get the economy growing at or above trend and to get the labor market coming back, it will take business spending picking up.

Peter Hooper

Almost every time since the Oct. 9 low that we've had a pullback of 2 percent or more, and we've had five or six, I think, they've all been on lighter volume. What that's telling you is that the institutions are not changing the [buying] trend -- they are not bailing out of stocks. I think it's a normal and understandable pause.

Stephen Porpora

During the past week, indeed new confirmed cases have shown a downward trend. The situation has stabilized, ... Our estimation is that this is a result achieved through concerted efforts from all quarters.

Dr Margaret Chan

The services-oriented sector of the economy is still looking fairly robust, averaging a 3.9 percent increase year-on-year. This is above the trend rate of inflation so that is upward pressure for the retail price index.

Claudio Piron

The trend of the lifestyle holiday continues to grow as people increasingly look for more than a traditional half-board beach vacation. The trend is for combining a relaxing holiday with learning a new skill and finding out more about the area you are visiting.

John Sims

Sentiment is weak as shares continue to consolidate February gains. The trend will be somewhat like this in the near term.

Jackson Wong

In China, tennis is on an upward trend. We had a lot of girls in the tournament here this year and Chinese tennis has very bright future prospects.

Sun Tiantian

That's the trend to provide different flavored birds. The customer likes the product but might be bored with it. They want options.

Kevin Hade

The childhood obesity trend is on the rise and has been for decades.

Lara Trifiletti

I think there, we're really seeing an improving trend [in early-stage capital investment] after being down for so long. People are building teams to start companies, and it's getting a lot harder as that talent pool is being stressed. I think that dynamic is very healthy.

Jim Franklin

We've defeated Marquette twice. On both occasions, we played pretty aggressively on the defensive end. We need to continue that trend against Serena. It should be an interesting game.

Doug Evans

Basically, the (strong) market trend hasn't changed.

Hideyuki Suzuki

In China, free games have become a trend and the new business model is a natural move for companies to diversify business models.

Chen Wen

This doesn't mean that the landline's going the way of the dinosaur. However, over the next 5, 10, 15 years we'll continue to see a trend of a steady decline in landline phones and a steady increase in cell phones.

Bill Kula

We are a trend-setter in this.

Tricia Geisreiter

It's been a choppy period, where it takes a hit one day and then bounces back the next. We're in a range here, but I think the trend remains upward.

Michael Carty

I also see in our business a bigger trend toward dumping those houses and buying smaller houses.

Gary Phillips

The trend is to have more material sourced locally, because customers want to give you more turnkey jobs.

Hana Ceo Richard Han

I don't expect the market to gain momentum in either direction until it gains new clarity about the possibility of a May rate hike. The overall trend in housing demand remains relatively weaker compared with 2005.

Michael Pond

Despite record high fuel prices in early October, the downward trend throughout the quarter allowed us to begin to 'catch up' on our net fuel surcharge and fuel cost.

Kirk Thompson

The Series has shown real momentum from one season to the next, and we have no reason to expect that trend not to continue into 2006. There is a growing appetite for this form of quality racing and we intend to answer that demand well into the foreseeable future.

Robert Ecker

The uptake of our Omega yogurt is 50% higher than our other products. It's part of the trend in grab-it-and-go breakfasts that are still healthy.

Adrian Grundy

Government censorship can slow down, but can't reverse this trend.

Xiao Qiang

It's too early to say we have a new trend after just two to three days. I don't see a shift in the trend as earnings are ok, global economics are ok, at the moment I'd say it was more short-term.

Martin Sirch

It's just the reality of the global market. It's certainly a trend that's not going to go away. The NBA is going to find the best players, whether from here or [overseas].

Donnie Nelson

Market participants are relieved as they now see the trend of foreigners exiting the Japanese market is over.

Hideo Mizutani

I am afraid (if the present trend in Vietnam continues) that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.

U. Thant

Approximately 7,000 people have gone to Israel with us since we started. Next year, we hope to have about 12 flights. We're excited that there's a trend at work here.

Charley Levine

They went with their head over their heart. I would predict that trend will continue in 2008, ... That's what we're asking voters to do.

William Galston

Our estimation of how Windows 2000 will be adopted is fairly slow. While that trend is going on, we [also] see the growth in Web-oriented applications, and as they move in that direction, the tie to Windows 2000 is lessened.

Dan Kuznetsky

Seasonally adjusted net mortgage lending fell back to around the recent trend in January and the level of approvals, in particular for equity withdrawal, held up well in what is traditionally a slow month.

David Dooks

This area has never experienced this before. Williams Lumber is definitely trend-setting.

Jeremy Stennett

If state and local spending follows a trend similar to that of federal agencies over the past 10 years, GSA Schedule 70 could become a significant centralizing force for the public sector IT market.

James Krouse

Celebrity dolls have always been a pop icon trend. Whenever a product ties to a licensed character or celebrity, it takes on a life of its own.

Reyne Rice

If more and more enterprises and industries sell their U.S. dollars or foreign exchange maybe the yuan will have appreciation pressure. We don't want these kinds of capital flows to have a very strong impact on the economic growth trend.

Tang Xu

The latest GDP figure confirms Japan's economy is now on a solid recovery trend with consumer spending, wages and employment all showing improvement. There are more than enough reasons to expect that domestic demand-related stocks will rise further.

Hideo Arimura

The details of the report suggest many of these drags on growth were one-off factors and that the underlying trend in 2006 remains strong.

Charmaine Buskas

There isn't a single state in the nation where at least some hospitals haven't abandoned VBAC altogether or cut way back. I don't see anything that's going to reverse this trend.

Bruce Flamm

Although broadband penetration among Internet users has long been on the rise, it was always amid speculation that the high cost of broadband would limit its widespread adoption. However, over the last year, carriers have responded to the growing demand for lower- cost broadband, and all indications are that this trend will continue.

Charles Buchwalter

The downward trend is due to consumers' increased expectations during the holiday season, a much larger influx of infrequent visitors that may not know how to navigate a site and shipping costs, and the unavailability of prominent items like the Xbox 360 due to low inventory.

Larry Freed

The trend today is for some depreciation. Many investors will feel inclined to buy dollars.

Jose Roberto Carreira

I can't comment on the short term situation. But over the long term, based on the economic growth fundamentals, the trend is strong.

Andrew Holland

One month does not make a trend. The pace has been so strong the last couple of years that they've outstripped physical production and worn out physical resources. There may be a desire to extend the market by constraining it now.

Jay Butler

This can put their circadian rhythm, or biological clock, in conflict with the school bell, ... The result illustrates a critical trend: too many teens come to school too sleepy to learn. And their fatigue often leads to behavior problems that contribute to a negative overall school performance and experience.

Mary Carskadon

As we see it, the demand is not led by consumers but by investors who are keen to park their surplus funds in metals - not just gold but other like silver, zinc and copper as is evident from the trend in commodities trading.

Rakesh Saraf

The company reported continued strength across the product line, highlighting the trend towards higher speed interfaces, further acceptance of the M160 core router and OC-192c cards, and initial revenue recognition on the M5 and M10 aggregation routers.

Lissa Bogaty

The underlying trend of consumer spending has been quite solid recently due to the improvement in the job and wage market. Consumption was strong last quarter and played a key role in supporting growth and we can expect further growth from consumption this year.

Seiji Adachi

The figures show that the economy has climbed out of a weak patch and that the underlying trend in capital spending is very strong.

Seiji Adachi

[One trend-watcher sees it this way:] Gore we can manage is very much on fad right now, as we feel the increasing need to become familiar with bad things -- bad things that don't get the best of us, ... I think it's also why we love our crime television. While the solutions are not as black and white as the days of 'Dragnet,' there is still a sense that good will beat evil in those shows.

Marian Salzman

What we try to look for is more the trend than the exception. There is a lot of liquidity in the market, and the economy is well on its way. It's difficult to see too many clouds on the horizon at the moment.

Simon Smith

B.C. differs from the rest of Canada in that the trend is still downward in the rest of Canada as a whole, but in B.C. it's been upwards for the last three years.

Michael Goldberg

The long-term trend is positive.

John Fithian

We had a dip initially but those are not that much of a concern, we'll see some volatility and profit-taking but I think the trend is still rising.

Ferdi Heyneke

The industry is consolidating around big players, and we are benefiting from this trend. AOL's advertising commerce business is very healthy.

Robert Pittman

Despite predictions that the market would continue the upward trend, I believe we are going to witness profit taking at a certain juncture next week.

Nabil Daaboub

This is something we're going to see more often than in the past because of the technology advances. As making these types of commercials becomes easier, I think we'll see the field of advertising in general pick up on the trend.

John Rubino

There were points in time throughout these negotiations that neither one of us was necessarily confident a deal could get done. I knew the trend. Certainly we've seen some of the shoe companies go to the rap industry to endorse their products.

Henry Thomas

This trend in sea surface temperature that's sort of relentlessly rising and the hurricane intensity that's relentlessly rising (means that) it's with some confidence we can say that these two things are connected and that there's probably a substantial contribution from greenhouse warming.

Judith Curry

In the short run, you have to have higher taxes to pay for it. Or in the long run, you run up a larger debt and at some point, the debt becomes large enough that it requires tax increases to pay off the debt. No matter how you look at the trend lines, you can't grow your way out of it.

Michael Franc

Gillette fell short of earnings ... Wall Street's still down on the company but this year a lot of smart money investors are snapping up the shares because they see the trend in the technical generation of the stock. One analyst I called, Kevin Lane, says that the stock will hit $54 in six-to-nine months, ... So it's a very good play on an old name that's a fallen angel.

Gene Marcial

The trend on the market is still down. In general, technology seems to be the weakest part and that seems to be selling off despite OK numbers.

Mike Viracola

The trend for commodities is higher, which underpins Canada's economy and supports the Canadian dollar. Fundamentally, I see a stronger Canadian dollar.

Linda Jespersen

I think there's a tendency from the people who are in a position to create material to try and capitalize on what they believe to be a trend, ... and the only trend here is the fact that these kids are getting older and having money to go see movies.

Seth Green

Generally speaking, amid the slowing trend in the global economy in the first quarter, China's economic situation was good.

Qiu Xiaohua

The dollar's bearish (weaker) trend is expected to continue unless the GDP figures are significantly stronger (than exported) or the market finds strong signals for further rate hikes in the Fed statement.

Yasuhisa Ishida

The market trend is bad and there is unlikely to be any large-scale buying until after investors see the Bank of Japan's economic outlook report at the end of April.

Osamu Tamada

It's disappointing and unfortunate. But this is an extremely isolated incident in the one county in the state that is trending Democrat.

Katon Dawson

I think the whole home beautification trend we've seen over the past decade is making people aware there are options at many price levels. They are willing to invest in a [professional] to get the most out of their property.

Laura Donoghue

Unfortunately over the past year or so, we have seen a disturbing trend of independent regulators and economic enforcement officials devoting a large amount of their energies specifically toward foreign investors and seeking credit from the public by trumpeting their actions in the media.

Alexander Vershbow

We've seen some evidence of a slowing economy, which is a good thing but we need more evidence to call it a trend.

Bob Dickey

The longer-term goal is obviously to run both the triple play and the enterprise services over a single infrastructure. That is a trend we started seeing pick up for 2005.

Stan Hubbard

These cross influences are confused enough that one has to stick with the broader trend that we still view as bond negative.

Alan Ruskin

Gains have been broad-based, and that's encouraging because the fact that the increases in employment are not dependent on one particular industry suggests that this improvement in job creation is on a sustainable trend.

Conrad Dequadros

From what we've seen and heard here, the latest trend in migrant smuggling from Cuba is the go-fast boat. For those that go the route of migrant smuggling, they leave themselves at the mercy of smugglers who don't have an interest in their safety. They are interested in the cash.

Chris O'neil

I think we are still in the early stages of the bull trend in copper. We have years of strong prices ahead of us.

Ingrid Sternby

The size of the income surplus is approaching that of the trade surplus, and this is a trend worth watching.

Koji Kobayashi

The garage seems to be a trend that's here to stay. People seem to want additional finishes, stucco maybe.

Alex Hannigan

The New Zealand dollar remains a downward-trending currency. The downward direction is implied by greater certainty about a slow economy.

Anthony Byett

I see a trend. Our kids are getting into trouble and going to jail. Sixty-five percent of the county budget goes to jail and rehab, and that's fine, but only 16 percent of our budget goes to prevention programs.

Yolanda Montemayor

For an NBA sponsor, the worst nightmare is to have two small-market teams in an NBA Finals. If it's an anomaly, the league will be OK, but if it's a trend that continues, it's not good if the top media markets aren't well represented. The problem, of course, is the league can't do anything to control this.

Sal Galatioto

Whether you look at the core personal consumption expenditure index on a monthly basis or a year over year basis, the inflation trend is basically 'steady Eddie.

Patrick Fearon

We wanted to use pomegranate because it's hitting a popular trend with the antioxidants, and orange is really good with that.

Pete Gugni

This partnership highlights the trend of TV sets moving away from the traditional CAN tuners to silicon tuners. High performance silicon tuners are gaining more traction in TVs because the flat frequency response and small group delay makes the picture sharper and clearer, while fast tuning brings more differentiators in the market.

Alvin Wong

The trend of shifting to digital cameras is a common phenomenon in the world camera market although the trend is led by Japan.

Kouichi Fujimoto

The thing to watch now, once the 15 minutes' 'noise' after the number is out of the way, is whether there will be a resumption of the weak dollar trend.

Jens Nordvig

It is a challenging problem for retailers. I think you're going to see retailers reacting to this trend by using technology as a deterrent. There's a high level of awareness around the retail public already.

Daniel Butler

We're very pleased that Georgia is on the leading edge of this national trend. Georgia's pro-business climate, which was recently ranked third in the nation, provides the right resources and strong dynamics that encourage women to start and grow their own companies.

Craig Lesser

This is just one piece of data we look at. This isn't a trend indicator in proficiency.

Chad Colby

The trend has certainly been the majority of first-degree murder cases you will hold defendants without bail pending trial.

Mark Lancaster

The economy and corporate America remains solid -- we are going to resume an upward trend and the equity market knows it very well. The sharp drop in the GDP was just a bleep.

Jason Schenker

Storage spending is clearly trending upward as organizations strive to stay ahead of their information storage demands. After nearly two years of positive momentum, spending on storage systems, particularly those priced less than $300,000, continues to be a top priority in the ongoing efforts to expand and rebuild IT infrastructure.

Brad Nisbet

Should the trend continue in terms of innovation in the 25 European Union member states the innovation gap we have been seeing in the last year between Europe and United States for example will not close.

Gregor Kreuzhuber

It's been a trend probably for the last four or five years. Hospitals are continuing to see an increase in obese patients, and it affects every department. You have to think of the patient from head to toe, everything they do in the hospital until they walk out the door or they die.

Sandy Wise

A much bigger trend for last spring, but that doesn't mean it's over. It's a matter of personal taste and what works with your skin tone, your taste and your personality.

Laurie Trott

I believe that this area, with its history and architecture, is quite unique. If the auto dealership moves in it might start a trend of tearing down smaller properties to build larger ones. If we start losing some of these smaller businesses and homes, they might never come back.

Shirley Baugher

Schneider Logistics' acquisition of American Port Services is indicative of a larger trend occurring in the industry – the consolidation of several portions of the end-to-end global trade process. The addition of American Port Services enables Schneider to provide clients with an even wider range of services that ultimately translates into lower costs, shorter cycle times and improved flexibility.

Adrian Gonzalez

The safer bet is to assume the Australian dollar will decline and begin to trend lower. Because 75.80 cents has held so well for the last few months, people are paying attention to this key technical level.

Richard Grace

The bull trend experienced over the recent few years is resulting in a self-fed dynamic -- the trend feeds the trend.

Frederic Panizzutti

The data showed an improvement as many expected with the end of the Iraqi war, but we must remain cautious as one figure alone does not make a trend and we still need some hard figures like retail sales to show us if consumers are really flocking back to the shops.

Valerie Plagnol

The market's main focus lies on earnings. So the trend will likely stay resilient due to the current flow of upward revisions.

Takashi Miyazaki

If this trend is real ... the extensive bleaching that our reefs have experienced in the past two years would likely become commonplace.

Alan E. Strong

Another slight improvement in like-for like sales is very welcome, especially considering the downward trend in the first half of this year.

Kevin Hawkins

The mainland will oppose strongly Chen's move, which tries to reverse historical trend. The international community would not support him because he is creating tension in cross-Straits relations.

Yu Keli

I think it's going to be a big trend and that's evidenced by a bunch of things, one of which is the emergence of companies like Juno.

Alan Braverman

I think Iran should really bear in mind that this step is a step in the wrong direction, ... We are trying to prevent a negative trend with fatal consequences.

Joschka Fischer

I think the youth trend is because of the social angle - the rehearsals, the trips out to our public performances.

Jason Remley

We got off to a dynamic start in 2006, continuing the previous year's positive trend in terms of both sales and earnings.

Werner Wenning

Unfortunately, I see the Boston case as indicative of a growing trend in anti-Muslim rhetoric that has grown after 9/11.

Arsalan Iftikhar

The sale is shaping very well, with the average 50% up. I hope and believe the trend will continue over the next two days.

Matt Mitchell

This is a very small part of what these entities need. This is a trend that's going to continue.

Tom Cech

It's definitely a trend, particularly in the upper end of the market. People like large bathrooms, and one way to give a feeling of space is if you have a large glass shower without the tub.

Tom Callahan

It's not unusual to have variances in rates of hundreds of dollars. The trend is that car insurance costs are coming down. But that doesn't mean your bill is coming down.

Tom Blum

Profit-taking is natural after those rises. The market is taking a breather. We hope that it's a breather, at least the trend is still looking positive.

Celso Cenise

Auto execs are grappling with the dynamics of increased competition, rising commodity and healthcare costs and the need to invest in new manufacturing facilities. All of this is leading to a rather bleak outlook on profitability through the rest of this decade and a trend toward greater consolidation.

Betsy Meter

The market is adjusting to a trend that the market hasn't lived with in some time. Inflation is going up and interest rate are going up.

Douglas Cliggott

What we're able to give publishers is some really valuable market research. [We] were able to take all that information [gathered from agents] and drop it into trend buckets. One of the valuable services we offer publishers is the market feedback for a particular book. If we're doing a campaign for a hardcover it'll help us promote the paperback edition.

Michelle Hanson

In the U.S., Mr. and Mrs. Main Street have come to Wall Street, and we anticipate that this general trend will happen elsewhere around the globe.

Frank Zarb

Boulder, and the Denver area, is a running paradise, and there is no reason you cannot have two more marathons. I think this reflects a trend. Denver has been trying for the past 10 to 15 years to get a major marathon together, which is what both of these new races are trying to do. We will see if the Denver metro area can support two marathons.

Ryan Lamppa

We still see lower rates later in the year, but for now, with the economy growing at about trend and in a balanced manner, there are few reasons for policy to be altered in either direction.

Gavin Redknap

I asked them what they are trying to do to me, two games in a row trying to make it interesting, so the fans don't leave at halftime. My halftime speech was that we had to turn it on right here. We were either going to let them stay in the ball game and have a chance to win it or we can put it away. Hopefully it isn't a trend that keeps up.

Linda Kilpatrick

The trend is to do away with them.

Tim Wall

The trend is towards the bourgeois-smug.

Gunter Grass

This was just an episode, not a trend. It involved individuals, not teams or universities.

Terry Denbow

Citigroup's acquisition of Golden State was an outlier in what was otherwise another slow quarter for bank and thrift mergers. Deal activity, as measured in number of deals, was up modestly from an abysmal first quarter. We expect this trend will continue.

James Record

The longer-term trend for the dollar is higher for the balance of the year. The economy is doing fine.

Jeff Gladstein

I wouldn't say this is indicative of a trend or likely to happen again. A lot of the vendors are putting very large investments in place to prevent these sorts of situations.

Sheryl Kingstone

Blooks are the hottest new publishing and online trend. So, the newest thing in publishing is the oldest thing: the printed book, reinvented as the blook.

Bob Young

We expect this trend to continue and to accelerate in 2006 and 2007.

Michael Fowler

There is no trend of mothers dropping out of the labor force. It just looks like they are because the economy has been so hard on working moms.

Heather Boushey

It's been a trend for many hundreds of years. Any great art complements each other, no matter what period it is.

Michael Cowen

Our results, although not surprising, are worrisome. If the trend continues, our country will continue to face substantial health problems related to excess weight.

Ramachandran Vasan

But this decision is not a good trend for a college town. There should be some opportunity for those under 21 to socialize and dance.

Mike Preston

We know they go home a lot and sit in front of the television and play PlayStation and Nintendo. We want to get them up and get them active, so we want to stay with the trend.

Kathy Bailey

The key question and one that we can't answer right now is whether this was a trend or an isolated occurrence. ... It's happened once, but we just don't know.

Michael Mcglinchy

They want to feel that they're getting merchandise that's on trend. We have evolved to a point where our product is created for outlets. You're going to find merchandise that's distinct.

Greg Rossiter

A late-day push like this is nice to see, and there's been some decent volume, which is important, but I'm not convinced it's a trend yet. Another couple of days of good earnings would bode well for this market.

Larry Lawler

The news this week is that the trend has stayed the same.

Alfredo Torres

Better pricing and a stabilising ready-to-drink trend may give us the opportunity to improve on the net sales growth we achieved this year.

Paul Walsh

With generally favorable world equity market action over the last several sessions, and a lot of talk about new commodity funds getting involved in the metals, we have to think that the trend in gold will continue to point to the upside.

Nell Sloane

There is no real solution to stop identity theft immediately but the big tech trend is to focus on requiring stronger forms of authentication. And that's where security companies come into play.

Michael Tieu

A significant reason for this trend is customer desire to minimize integration, upgrade, and maintenance issues among the different layers of the software stack. (Customers) also want to deal with fewer providers to ensure better pricing and accountability.

Kash Rangan

It looks like a lack of bad news has brought out a little short-covering. It's a respectable open after the last couple of days we've had, but I'm hard-pressed to call it any trend.

Bryan Piskorowski

The trend toward earlier ice-out dates does not guarantee that every year will have a date earlier than the last. In fact, the trend can be difficult to see by simply looking at the ice-out dates over the last few years.

Robert Dudley

We are seeing more juveniles involved in more violent crimes, ... I think that's a trend nationwide.

Greg Thompson

The trend is clear that LCD TVs are taking over from traditional CRT [cathode-ray-tube] TVs.

Hiroyuki Oda

Winner is a prime example of the school-to-prison pipeline trend.

Catherine Kim

This trend of the stabilization of the broad stock market we've been seeing lately will continue through the year. We saw a sharp recovery in stock prices last year, but right now stocks are fairly valued versus the underlying fundamentals.

Ben Halliburton

Are trending in the right direction.

Mary Sammons

Probably every two years we see one big trend emerge, like the pickup skirt this year.

Kristin Stoner

There is a trend toward the left and populism that causes problems. The future president will have to face this with firmness and defend Chile's interests with energy.

Sebastian Pinera

With the current trend, it is likely that there will be a second round.

Frances Johnson

There were no surprises from AHP. I think that's a good trend in general.

Jeff Chaffkin

The whole trend has been good pretty much all year.

Jim Shabi

In 2004, there wasn't a trend of what was occurring, and there wasn't a single location that seemed to have more occurrences than anywhere else.

Mark Phelan

Employers are looking for products to mitigate that inflationary trend.

David Lewis

What began as a trend toward digital marketing is now a firmly established direction. Growth and diversification in our revenue base are clear evidence that we have been successful in acquiring clients who can benefit from digital marketing.

Ceo David Kenny

There appears to be some possibility that the recent trend toward disinflation will continue, primarily because of the potentially large amount of economic slack in the system.

Ben S. Bernanke

[This version] continues the trend to bring data mining more into the mainstream of business. Five years ago, data mining was an island unto itself. You needed to be a statistician to use it. It was always somewhat difficult to integrate it with the operational business.

Guy Creese

Generally speaking, after 9/11 there was a downward trend in international student numbers. Some international students found it harder to get a visa. At the same time, we had radically rising costs (in tuition).

Joe Marshall