Central American governments, troubled as they are, are more in tune with broader world trends to seek a political way out.

He said is aware this runs counter to a world trend toward disarmament.

"International collaboration is a world trend," the official said.

There's a world trend toward these policies and any differences will be short-lived.

Despite world trends toward democracy, caution is required.

Although world trends are blamed for our present problems, to a certain extent they result from bad legislation.

In their wisdom, the Congress has ordered an expansion of the navy to follow the world trend.

The desire for federation seems to defy the world trend toward smaller and more homogeneous nations.

Would we not need to be constantly monitoring world trends in order to have our answer ready for these kinds of situations?

From pet rocks to hybrid cars, California's flavor of the month will probably be next year's world trend.