Word: shifted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...FAIRLY clear by now that the Nixon Administration does not intend to change U.S. policy in Vietnam. After two months of power, Nixon has given no indication of any shift away from the Johnson Administration's insistence on dictating South Vietnam's future, and the American negotiators in Paris continue to behave as though there were any legitimate claims in Vietnam about which to negotiate. Meanwhile U.S. and Vietnamese casualties continue to rise. Secretary Laird makes bland predictions about keeping half a million men in Vietnam for "at least" two years, and there are ominous rumors of a resumption...
Ford offers a variety of options-including a 120-h.p. engine, automatic shift and air conditioning-that can jack up the price as high as $2,700. But the company has urged dealers to discourage sales of the high-markup options so as not to price the car out of its market. How does the car handle...
...shift to pre-payment of medical costs is part of the Health Plan's drive to get healthy people to come in to the center. Knowing that the visits are paid for may knock down some of the psychological barriers that would keep patients from coming in for examinations. And Pollack sees little danger in this new influx of patients to his health center...
...Socialist victory signaled what could become a crucial shift in the balance of power between West Germany's two major parties. Heinemann was put over the top only because the Free Democrats gave him nearly all their 83 electoral votes and then resisted enticements to defect through three rounds of tension-filled balloting...
...result of their actions, money is tight and costlier to borrow than at any time since the Civil War. To their distaste, bankers have to turn down customers seeking loans; businessmen have to put off some projects because credit is so expensive; brokers watch helplessly as investors shift out of stocks into high-yielding bonds; customers have to pay more in carrying charges for a house...