Word: trending
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...time at all, Lombardi realized that the Packers had just the kind of back he was looking for: Paul Hornung, ex-Notre Dame quarterback and former golden boy of college football. Like Lombardi's theories, Hornung went against the trend of the pros. In a league of specialists, Hornung could do nothing supremely: his passing, speed and power were only fair. What Hornung could do was play solid football tough enough to please even Lombardi. "You're my left halfback," Lombardi told Hornung. "The only way you can get out of it is to get killed...
...actual portion of students intending to go to graduate school actually fell somewhat below the eighty per cent figure for last year's senior class, and there was no trend toward interest in graduate study from the beginning to the end of college...
...trend of grades after the first year was slightly downward for those answering the poll, a contrast with the slight upward trend for the College as a whole. This might be related to the higher grades generally given in upper level courses, which would make first year standing higher than would otherwise be expected...
...trend up in construction was led by road-building contracts. They took a hefty jump of 47% over October last year. For the first ten months, road contracts were 15.5% ahead...
...Savings. The states are getting another unexpected bonus; highway building costs have run against the trend of all other types of construction and have dropped 4.4% since their 1957 high. California's highway commission says that it has saved "many millions of dollars" from what it expected to pay for roads-and California drivers benefit because the state pours all its savings into new roads...