Word: shifted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...North, Saigon's mood was one of deep apprehension. Despite U.S. protestations that it would not abandon Viet Nam, the country's leaders worried about what course the U.S. might take in peace talks and began rethinking how South Viet Nam should react to any drastic shift in the American commitment...
...Harrison and Richard Burton had agreed to play the unlikely roles of two homosexuals in the film version of Charles Dyer's play, Staircase. "I'm really thrilled about it and I think Richard is too," said Harrison, who will appear as Charles the transvestite. Quite a shift for the fellow the gals call Sexy Rexy. "But it's one of those things one has to take a chance on," said Harrison. "I don't think it will be offensive...
Last Tuesday the Cleveland Press car ried on its masthead the slogan: "Ohio's largest daily newspaper."On Wednesday it read instead: Ohio's largest evening newspaper. "In the slight shift of words lay a significant story. For the first time in nine years, the circulation of the morning Cleveland Plain Dealer had surpassed that of the afternoon Press...
...constitution that RUS offered in March was the result of this conference, and represented a major shift in RUS' aims. Instead of complete autonomy, RUS only asked for a joint student-administrative committee to review college legislation. Instead of the four voting seats it had originally sought on the Council, it wanted only two non-voting seats. RUS had cleaned up many of the loose parts of the constitution, making it more like "a realistic contract between two parties," one Trustee said...
There had apparently been a shift in the Council's plans too. It still wanted contact with the students; Mrs. Bunting said that she expected "that students will be invited to the future Council meetings." But the Council was uncomfortable with the idea of having permanent members: thinking it could "better sample the diversity of Radcliffe students by inviting selected girls to each meeting," a Trustee said...