Word: shifted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
None of the other Houses that currently occupy 10 and 20 DeWolfe St. will shift or be displaced, wrote McIntosh, who mediated the discussion over which Houses would occupy DeWolfe...
...rap/pop sensibility that had previously characterized them for mainstream fans and vaulted them to the Top 40. Instead, “Plastic Beach” delves into eccentric, challenging, and subdued forms of electronica that are morphed by a diverse set of other genres, from classical to funk. This shift is most apparent in the album’s focus on musical production rather than traditional narrative-based songwriting. With the exception of a few rap songs, vocal lines on “Plastic Beach” create only vague impressions, feelings, or associations...
...legislators who are setting state-wide budgets to allot more money for education. Diverging from past protests that included tactics such as storming classrooms and occupying academic buildings, the latest round of action in California instead involved groups of protestors storming highways, causing traffic to shut down. The smart shift in focus from targeting university administrators to directing frustration at budget-setting lawmakers will ideally bring about change as quickly as possible...
...that chairman Wei Ing-chou built out of his parents' edible-oils firm in Taiwan's rural Changhua county. Thinking that mainland China's rapid development would boost demand for the kind of quick, cheap meals that workers would fill up on during factory breaks or after a punishing shift, he decided to cross the Taiwan Strait and set up a factory in Tianjin in 1992. The timing was perfect. Master Kong is now the world's largest brand of instant noodles, with an enormous recognition rate that has enabled Tingyi to expand the line into bottled water, teas...
...application of certain materials to the micro-particles causes a shift from attractive to repulsive inter-molecular forces, thus permitting the particles to levitate in a fluid, Sridhar explained...