Gov. Nelson Rockefeller spawned a disastrous national trend in the 1970's with drug laws that required mandatory minimum sentences, including 15 years to life for the most serious drug felony.

Anne's death signified the beginning of one of two disastrous trends in Lancastrian history.

In their previous series against Houston, they averaged 108 points at home and 87 on the road, and that disastrous trend continued.

Pius VII, no hero and no great intellect, halted and reversed the disastrous trend.

He concentrated on the odd facts in the other pages of the papers, facts which, taken singly, meant nothing, but taken together showed a disastrous trend.

New York started a disastrous national trend when it passed the draconian Rockefeller drug laws 32 years ago.

This climate shift has coincided with another equally disastrous trend: the increasing isolation of a section of the population which is also increasingly dependent because it is elderly.

One good solution to this disastrous trend is legislation imposing a high percentage of recycling of individual materials.

We must ensure that this does not turn into a disastrous trend for certain regions.

But I often think, too, that it makes those of us who agree with Colbert and Stewart et al. complacent, as though laughing at the disastrous trends we see is enough.