Math scores on the NAEP long term trend were stagnant during the same period.

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But for every three U.S. shopaholics camped out, there was another in his or her bathrobe, or less, ready to take advantage of the many deals these same retailers were offering on line shoppers, a trend the comes into focus on what has become known as Cyber Monday.

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Fresh, on trend, vibrant and classic at the same time.

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On Wednesday, the same day the Journal released its story on the death of the cupcake, the New York Times published a trend piece on the rise of cold-pressed juice, an industry growing in much the same way as Crumbs and co. did five years ago.

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The same is mostly true for the iMac, and it seems as if this trend will continue on with the MacBook Air line of lightweight computers.

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The trend is continuing: exports in January this year surged 50% on the same month in 1996.

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New data from ComScore suggests the trend at Facebook remains the same: users are spending more time on the service on mobile devices, but less time via PCs.

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You know, on the one hand, you see a trend in recent years of younger people being very much supportive of same-sex marriage rights or just the rights of gay people in general.

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