This week's attack on Serbia may be the start of an admirable new trend to restrain thugs and despots, though that does not look terribly likely.
Similarly, in another chapter, he tackles with admirable fairness the closely related trend for some historians to argue that the second world war was not really a "good war" because it delivered the eastern half of Europe into the hands of Soviet tyranny for nearly half a century.
Taking a stake in Snapchat would help Tencent keep up its admirable record of leveraging online communication trends.
Subway cars broke down at an appreciably faster rate last year than they did the year before, the report said, noting with admirable understatement that "this is a bad trend".
Both the government program and the recent lending trends were expected to produce admirable results: increased homeownership and opportunities in the market for people who had previously been denied credit.
Becoming the next Red Hat is an admirable goal, but when you look at the trends today, maybe even Red Hat should think about becoming the next Amazon.
Bringing fashion into sport is a dangerous game – see Lewis Hamilton's cryptic melting pot of new and old trends – but, snakeskin brogues aside, McGregor's credentials are admirable.
It's an admirable idea at face value – but is it the beginning of a terrible trend?
In downturns, companies that buck the trend tend to be the best defensive players, a trait that is admirable in a recession but that may have nothing to do with how well a company performs over the long term.
