Word: drift
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Some observers are looking for what one insider calls the Texas two-step: a cordial embrace of Bush by the candidate, combined with trash talk behind the scenes by campaign staff. Then the question is, do the two men just drift apart, like Gore and Clinton, or does McCain draw a sharp line. Former Bush advisor Dan Bartlett says there'll be sufficient natural distance between the two thanks to the positions McCain has taken on issues like Iraq or climate change. "It's not going to be a jolt in the campaign as opposed to a continuum," Bartlett says...
...administrators who filled the void, projects like the Dubai Healthcare City—a sprawling partnership between HMI and the Government of Dubai—signalled a worrisome drift in the subsidiary’s mission...
...MISSION DRIFT...
...drift in HMI’s mission—from an organization principally concerned with medical education and research to one focused on health-care delivery—began to draw heated criticism from University administrators. Leaders in Mass. Hall frowned on the sprawling nature of HMI’s operations, expressing concerns that the organization’s activities fell outside of the Medical School’s “core missions...
...head for the Quad. 3:13 AM—I’m standing at Boylston Gate, waiting for the welcoming yet disheartening “Reading Period” sign to radiate from an approaching shuttle. 3:28 AM—I think I just saw a tumbleweed drift down deserted Mass Ave (too much Oregon Trail?). I swear that the schedule said there was one at 3:15. 3:35 AM—I just saw lights on Mass Ave. It must finally be here! Wait, it’s not slowing down. What the hell!? I start...