Sir Ian Blair, former commissioner of the Met Police, said that, given the downward trend was across the developing world, he believed the fall was due to the "change in the way society views and abhors violence".
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One factor in the rising TB trend in both the developed and the developing world is HIV infection, which weakens the immune system.
And throughout the country, Asians, following a trend that has been developing over the past two decades, appear to be settling primarily in the suburbs.
The recent legal moves against Big Tobacco have hastened the trend towards consolidation and expansion in developing markets.
Many students who volunteered their time to keep the massive event from devolving into chaos Wednesday quietly expressed hope that a trend was developing, and that the Atlantic Coast Conference school would become a regular election-year stopping point for presidential hopefuls.
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And he sees a similar trend developing at the low end of the market.
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But perhaps the most worrying new trend is that developing countries are retaliating with anti-dumping actions of their own.
One developing trend in this market is the growing popularity of streaming.
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The trend is turning away from fears that developing a robust inner circle and kitchen cabinet is a sign of weakness.
According to the report, over a third of FDI inflows to developing countries now originate in other developing countries, a trend which is predicted to increase as emerging economies further industrialize and shift production down the value chain.
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"We now see conditions developing in the market that fit the model of a trend that is ready to explode, " Ratterman wrote.
Developing markets proved to be the top performer, reinforcing a common trend of this earnings season.
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The trend, though, is toward placing electrical lines underground in developing communities.
The World Bank argues in a new report that tighter financial conditions, thanks to tougher regulation and higher risk aversion, could reduce developing countries' trend growth by 0.2-0.7 percentage points over the next five to seven years.
Combine these two ideas and look at them against a backdrop of the developing world making a big leap forward economically and you have the recipe for a longer-term bull trend.
The fifth trend, which I call the New Peace, involves war in the world as a whole, including developing nations.
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