21.   News and political trends from Carl Hulse, the Washington bureau chief of The New York Times Regional Newspaper Group.

22.   Owning their own stores, the sisters have the advantage of seeing trends from the consumer end.

23.   Publishers themselves piece together information about sales trends from a patchwork of sources.

24.   Second, it is always difficult to distinguish long-term trends from the normal variations that occur in a turbulent climate.

25.   The blocked extra point continues a disturbing trend from last season, when the Trojans had seven kicks blocked, a combination of low trajectories and poor blocking.

26.   The overwhelming trend from collections here is femininity, achieved with a variety of means.

27.   The trend from February to May this year has loosely followed that of eight years ago, suggesting that June will also be the same.

28.   The Trends and Traditions section contains personal anecdotes and traditions and trends from around the world.

29.   This will certainly change if the trend from magazine cover into lucrative book deal gets even more bullish.

30.   To the east and south of the low, southwesterly winds will bring a strong warming trend from the Tennessee Valley to the Northeast coast.