Word: shifting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...officials denied any implication that the shift would mean a permanent slowdown in desegregation efforts; indeed centralization might in time speed up integration of welfare programs and of nursing homes. Unquestionably, though, it will result in at least a temporary pause while administrative gears are shifted. For Gardner, one of the ablest and most popular Administration figures on Capitol Hill, the shift promises nothing but trouble. Asked if it meant "transferring the kitchen across the street"-putting the heat on him instead of Howe-Gardner smiled wanly and replied: "I wouldn't be surprised...
...original concepts may have come from Carson's weekly staff conference, but the daily script is worked up by two writers who are well in tune with Carson's personality. "I edit it," says Johnny, "and I may add a few jokes of my own, or shift things around a little. But I couldn't possibly write a good six-minute monologue every night...
...Case of Dye. Major stumbling blocks remained over freer trade in grains and chemicals. But Roth, in a dramatic shift in the U.S. position, withdrew his demand for guaranteed access to Europe's grain markets. Reason: the best offer from the Common Market amounted to less grain than American farmers already sell to the Six. Still, the U.S. insisted that reluctant Europeans join in creating a massive food-aid program for underdeveloped countries, which would increase world demand for U.S. wheat. For its part, the Common Market demanded that the U.S. get rid of its 1922 law that bases...
...asked us to write a "well-worded" statement of why we think the question so important. We are doing so, but as far as we are concerned the importance of any question at a college should be determined by its effect on the students. We are asking for a shift in priorities: students over the budget. Jay Lockard Susan Levenstein
Only at 5:30 when the varsity heavies race begins does the crowd shift its attention. For the six-odd minutes it takes to cover the 2000-meter course everyone listens to the loudspeaker reports, cheering at favorable reports on the invisible boats. Then they see the shells coming...