Over the last 10 games, however, the Knicks have averaged only 18.5 fouls drawn per game, pointing to a jumper-happy, drive-averse trend weeks – not days – in the making.
If we subsidise and invest in culturally and socially diverse young people as theatre participants, makers and audiences, then we might just be able to reverse the reactionary, risk-averse trend that is narrowing the voices that are heard, the faces that are seen, the forms that are experienced and the spectrum of audiences who are coming to theatres.
James W. Paulsen, the Minneapolis-based chief investment strategist for Wells Capital Management, adds that, at least in comparison with the dark days of 2008, there are other signs investors aren't as risk averse as the trend in Treasury yields may imply.
Indeed, I am rather averse to the modern trend to write only in staccato bursts of clauseless prose.
But her generously cut, washable designs developed a passionate following among moderately affluent middle-aged women, who scooped up $200 organic-cotton sweaters or $400 alpaca coats in her stores, havens for the trend-averse.
Established in 1994 in Spitalfields, the Ripper's hallowed stomping grounds, AllSaints thrives on paradox, having entered fashion's mainstream by placing its stamp on a trend-averse marginal culture, one built on the fusion of modern technology and the crudely mechanized cosmos of the late Victorian age.
That seemed to be the case when, following a Valentino couture show in July, Giancarlo Giammetti, a former owner of the brand, pronounced the collection "very Kate Middleton," a casually blistering reference to a line replete with discreetly scooped necklines and long sleeves, traditional touches that act like catnip on trend-averse socialites.
I'm not averse to what is on-trend now, but I would never wear a Bardot top (the chest area is tricky unless you have stayed out of sun all your life, it can look a bit Bet Lynch/Jackie Collins) or a cutout dress (but I would never have worn that anyway, too attention-grabbing – I've always preferred subtle), both big for SS15.
Both pigeons and humans were less risk averse for the high-value options than the low-value options, even trending towards outright risk seeking by the end of training.
At a more abstract level some have argued that the increased 'control' of health research is part of a trend in society, which as a whole is becoming more risk averse [ 6, 7].
And they've been scrupulous about giving more or less equal time to the dominant trends of the last two years: abstract painting, performance, and political-art-that-isn't-beauty-averse.
