71.   Thomas bucks that trend by being a friendly deep thinker and a nerdy kind of Indian gentleman.

72.   Trachsel, meanwhile, continued a quirky trend by pitching heroically against a top starter.

73.   Tracking real estate trends by the numbers defies absolute precision.

74.   Tracking real-estate trends by the numbers defies absolute precision.

75.   Trauma-based studies are no substitute for epidemiological studies, in which researchers spot broad trends by gathering statistics on a great many accidents.

76.   Weinberg said he could not explain why Texas bucked the national trend by showing substantial improvement in reducing poverty.

77.   Westside head coach Bill Wilson is trying to combat the supplement trend by emphasizing the power of plain, good food.

78.   Wireless spending bucked the broader trend by growing over during the quarter.

79.   Worries abound that the Federal Reserve will exacerbate the trend by tightening credit conditions.

80.   Yet the incident does seem to be part of a larger trend by allied countries to tell Washington quietly that it is time to scale back espionage operations.