1.   But in rapidly heating or cooling Markets, new-home prices can signal a change in overall price trends.

2.   It also begins to look at some of the processes which together make up these overall trends.

3.   Nevertheless, the court noted that the overall trend in the statistics indicated a Decrease in student enrollment and upheld the dismissals.

4.   Supply will depend on project approvals and interest rates -- not to mention overall trends in the economy.

5.   The overall trend in peasant living standards during the period is hotly disputed.

6.   It smooths or blurs the image so that local deviations from the overall trend are removed.

7.   It has not emerged in isolation and is a strand of the overall trend in personal computing towards extremely small, powerful, easy-to-use devices.

8.   But officials said that, despite the small drop in net lending to consumers, the overall trend continued to show an increase.

9.   These may be superimposed on an upward or downward overall trend.