1.   By all accounts, technology is largely responsible for fueling the self-employment trend among the disabled.

2.   She was studying in Florence at the time when she spotted a trend among Florentine women for a drawstring leather duffel bag.

3.   Although presidential elections tend to bring higher turn-outs among voters of all age groups, the trend among young voters is unmistakably down both locally and nationally.

4.   Alvin Poussaint of Harvard University, who studies social trends among black Americans, thinks the statistics are reliable.

5.   Another study will begin this year which will give a better sense of the trends among families.

6.   Another way of looking at improved trends among the highest achievers comes from scores of affluent seniors, most of whom have taken college entrance exams from the start.

7.   Asked if the anti-drilling vote was a fluke or the start of a pro-environmental trend among Republicans, he was cautious.

8.   A growing trend among churches across the region is to install electronic musical enhancements into their organs.

9.   A growing trend among gardeners today is organic gardening.

10.   A growing trend among manufacturers is making lower-cost products specially for outlet centers that also are priced lower.