Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...confiscated in a police raid two months after his visit, was publicized by an Iowa radio station at this time points to "character assassination ... by forces which seek my defeat for re-election." Democratic Congressman Tom Harkin is already running well ahead of Jepsen in the polls. Since a shift of six seats would give control of the Senate to the Democrats, Jepsen's problems are important to the calculations of both parties...
Nevertheless, murmurs among some group members betray a harslier view of Harvard's Black hiring record. Some hint that it was the University "foot dragging" that spurred them to action, and the principal success of the group that many members cite privately is the shift of discussion on affirmative action from the realm of governmentally imposed technicalities to that of pragmatic planning...
Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 spoke for what seems a general sentiment among personnel officers when he said that the new committee represents "no real shift in policy." Other personnel officers contacted recently agreed. Anne Oliver, a personnel officer in the School of Public Health, said that despite what seems to be a new mood on campus, "there's been no change in climate. The commitment has been here since I've been here...
...These aren't people who have achieved national distinction," complains a senior Democratic Congressman about the women mentioned as vice-presidential possibilities. "If we nominated one of them, we'd be saying, 'We nominated this person for one reason: she's a woman.' " In addition, choosing a woman could shift the focus of the campaign to the vice-presidential nominees, and the widely experienced Bush might outshine a less seasoned Democratic woman...
...Robinson," seems to interpret the recent media emphasis on the desirability of the older woman as something of a step forward for women: a recognition that a woman past the age of 35 should not be devalued as a possible romantic partner simply because of age. The media's shift from an emphasis on only the very young woman as sexually exciting is noteworthy, but does it really signal or promote a change in attitudes toward women? Joan Collins, Vicki LaMotta, and other mentioned are all "older" women who look like thirty-year-olds; Joan Collins may be able...