Word: shifted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This" was traditional socialism. Shortly after returning to office in January, Perez let most interest rates float and ended almost all price controls. He has now begun privatizing some state-owned industries. He calls the program el Gran Viraje -- the Big Shift -- or sometimes, with a smile, Pereztroika...
...census takers prepare for the 1990 population count, which could sharply shift the relative clout of states in the House of Representatives and force the redistribution of countless federal aid programs, one trend is already evident: as a group, Hispanics have grown five times as fast as the rest of the U.S. population since 1980. Their number has leaped 39% and is now 20.1 million, 8.2% of the U.S. total. The figures, released last week, came from a Census Bureau survey conducted in March, which made no attempt to distinguish between legal and illegal residents...
...Honecker, 77, had all but threatened a Tiananmen Square-style crackdown to halt the demonstrations that were spreading like a virus from city to city. But after the number of protesters multiplied into the tens of thousands, the Politburo announced a newfound willingness to discuss limited reforms. The sudden shift not only indicated a crack in one of the East bloc's most ossified regimes, but also spurred speculation that the ruling party was in disarray -- and that Honecker's days were numbered...
...because of the conservative shift in the Supreme Court, liberals are beginning to use out-of-court settlements as an alternative to losing cases dealing with constitutional issues...
EDUCATION: A big shift in school finance...