Word: shifting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...York City, Douglas Wilder in Virginia, and Jim Florio in New Jersey seemed to spell trouble for then-President Bush and the Republicans. Maybe so, but an economic downturn before the '92 election didn't hurt either. Additionally, Dinkins' and Wilder's wins led many to announce a fundamental shift in white voters' acceptance of African-American candidates. Unfortunately, no evidence of a national trend in this direction ever appeared and these two winners of yesterday now reside in 'Where are the now?' obscurity...
...tournament means the fruition of decades of looking ahead and hoping, quietly practicing and competing in empty gyms and make-shift driveway basketball courts to someday get a chance to be part of history...
...individual taxpayer, Kerrey-Portman is a mixed bag. One of its more controversial parts would shift the burden of proof in civil tax court cases from the citizen to the IRS. But of the 120 million individual and corporate returns filed each year, no more than 30,000 end up in tax court. Because settlements are reached in most of those cases, just 1,500 go to trial. At the earlier stages of a dispute, including the audits faced annually by 2 million filers, citizens would still be required to produce records to refute IRS claims. And the change would...
...Asian problems probably is not justified. The region isn't that vital to overall corporate earnings. But this is the way panics start: denial turns into confusion, and everyone rushes to be first out. If you're nervous, consider playing it safe for a while, especially if you can shift assets without tax consequences, as in a 401(k) plan. If you're a risk taker, look for a spot to start buying in battered Asia. There are plenty of stock mutual funds that target the Pacific Rim. Asia has become the No. 1 destination of traveling Wall Streeters...
...equally imperative for Clinton to be seen standing up for moral positions. He will court political damage if he doesn't speak forcefully on human rights; still, he can't place the whole relationship in thrall to this issue. Rather than dwelling futilely on token releases, Clinton might shift the emphasis to an ongoing "human-rights dialogue" to open up legal processes and prisoner visits. Realistically, says a top Clinton adviser, "with the Chinese, human rights aren't a matter of negotiation. We have to be aggressive in pursuing them but recognize that they're going to do what they...