And that is kind of the least of the shortcuts that we use." He says shortcuts like buying prepared foods for the holiday are part of a bigger trend in America.

VOA: special.2010.11.23

No matter,3-D is here to stay. Experts predict that 3-D television will be a major trend in about five years.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

"You can carry it to the field." KickStart is part of a growing trend in the development community towards social entrepreneurship.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Political experts see Governor Crist's decision to run as an independent as the latest example of a growing trend in U.S.politics.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

"I think that Egypt, since it represents a moderate trend in the region, adopts dialogue as a method, as a tool to deal with the world,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

Ann Veneman,is anExecutive Director of UNICEF, She says global efforts have stopped a downward trend in vaccinations and have even boosted the number of children and infants being vaccinated.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Despite a generally upward trend in recent months on Wall Street, President Obama, administration officials, and economists continue to caution that employment will lag behind other indicators of economic recovery.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

Are the members of the United Nations up to that challenge?" In an apparent reference toward the trend in Latin America toward left-leaning governments, Venezuelen President Hugo Chavez said there is a revolution going on and that socialism is the path to salvation.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Los Angeles continued the trend of fewer murders in 2008.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

But the trend has reversed. From April to June, India received about $15 billion in foreign direct investment, the highest since 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

This trend makes it harder for Democrats and Republicans in Congress to compromise and find common ground, says Georgetown University expert Stephen Wayne.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

The Director General of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers,Dilip Chenoy, hopes the positive trend will drive a recovery in the auto sector.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

Lemaitre says this trend is reflected elsewhere in Europe and in richer nations as a whole.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

It is just an extension and an outgrowth of a very dangerous trend that we have seen in our country over the last few years."

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

To reverse the trend, experts agree that vending machines in schools should offer healthy alternatives.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

But at least it's going in the right direction. December is generally better than a year ago, but at least the trend starts to go up.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

"We know that it is a risk factor but we can't attribute the rise in autism to the shifting trend towards having children later in life."

VOA: standard.2010.02.10

June's job cuts reversed a trend of lower month-by-month loses in the U.S.economy.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

The number of World Cup artifacts coming into the library has increased in recent days, and Kale expects that trend to continue for the next few months.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

"But for those who were laid off last month and the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs in this recession, a good trend is not good enough.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

But they expect the arrival of hundreds, and eventually thousands, of the vehicles in Afghanistan will help reverse the trend of U.S.casualties, and will enable the troops to travel safely throughout the country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Perhaps most importantly, there is the clash between world views, where on the one hand, there is the democratic and progressive trend embodied in the venerable and still extant tradition of Arab liberalism, and on the other hand,the bloody and violent current represented by far too many of the region's seminal figures."

VOA: standard.2010.03.18