Word: shifting
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...behind both the parodies and the Hasty Pudding prank. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, he explains, "I felt sorry for freshmen who were taken in, but maybe it made people think about institutions like [the Pudding]." He rejects my suggestion that the Lampoon has undergone some radical shift, or that it has somehow been invigorated as of late, but he does acknowledge that the publicity generated by all the activity has probably boosted the size of the comp class. "People just got their act together, and some were here over the summer," he explains. "There's always been...
Democrats say last week's surprise decision by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott to bring the bill to the floor is only Lott's attempt to shift attention from renewed inquiries into Republican campaign finance woes...
Three months after the University decided to permit same-sex commitment ceremonies in Memorial Church, the policy change-billed by the University as a momentous and historic shift-so far has generated few ripples...
...word for the type of love Sita and Radha share," she explains, and the existence of homosexuality is mostly denied by conservatives. What bothers men most about the film, Mehta says, is not the homoerotic tendencies it unveils, but the empowerment it gives wives over their husbands-a shift in the traditional power structure that is viewed as extremely threatening to their way of life...
Actual residents of the area may have a different perspective, but as far as much of the rest of the country is concerned, Chapel Hill was too busy truckin' along to grab the brass ring. Scene pioneers Superchunk might shift 30,000 units now instead of 3,000, but in return they have become small fish in a pond where A&R sharks actually say things like "shifting major units."(Yes, Kurt Cobain wrote a song about this. Move along...