Two women – Sissy Spacek as the childlike Pinky Rose and Shelley Duvall as the confident, trend-following Millie – mysteriously exchange identities while working as unskilled physiotherapists at a cheerless geriatric centre at Desert Springs (actually filmed in Palm Springs) near Los Angeles and sharing an anonymous room at the Purple Sage, a two-storey hotel beside a swimming pool.
Despite the gap year's episodic growth, William Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and financial aid at Harvard College, is confident the trend will become more commonplace.
"We have now seen a major improvement in performance, with more than 95% of bookings now being filled, and we are confident the trend is continuing.
Both businesses were too confident that trends of the past would repeat in the Web age.
Aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange dropped early this year, dipping below $1,900 per metric ton in May, but Alcoa is confident that trends in emerging markets will help increase demand for its products moving forward.
(The scientists weren't able to include MAPS data after 2007 because these have not yet been processed by station volunteers and personnel. Nevertheless, the researchers are confident the trends they discovered have not changed).
On current trading Britvic said the positive trends seen earlier in the year have continued, and it is confident on full-year prospects.
But he said he was less confident that this trend would continue.
Senior Conservatives are confident that this trend will continue over the coming months.
"We're pretty confident that the trend is going in our direction".
Still, advocates of international jurisdiction and international norms remain confident that the trend is in their favor.
