These successes form part of a trend that has seen a general waning of the influence that al-Qaeda and its offshoots have in a country that, until five years ago, housed more than a dozen jihadist training camps.

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Over the past decade, and even since the crash, this has meant a general trend of migration from high-end, unaffordable markets to less expensive regions.

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These ultra-Orthodox women, who are now being followed by their IDF veteran husbands, are part of a general trend that has seen women fully integrated in almost every sector of society and the economy.

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But the general trend is toward a hardening of rules.

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So the trend, in general, is up and toward a larger and larger number of cars in the world, all around the world.

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Tragically, both abject dependency and a general collectivist-statist trend have been building in America for most of the past century, after corrosive ideological premises were imported from Europe starting in the 1880s.

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On top of the red line a hand-drawn narrow black line shows the general trend.

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Urban land shortages and subsequent higher costs, coupled with a general densification trend, means high rises are sprouting rapidly in even the most sprawling of urban landscapes.

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It is heartfelt and sincere expression of disappointment which one should sympathise with, but it is not an accurate comment on a general trend.

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Some critics will suggest that perhaps some of these jobs are due in part to the management style of General Motors, the problems they have had over the years, but this is a growing trend in America, is it not?

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