Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...under his banner, filling the empty seats after the primary. In other states, prominently including Florida and Illinois, most delegates are elected directly by congressional district, in a vote separate from the presidential-preference balloting. Once listed on the ballot as being pledged to one candidate, they cannot shift and appear under the name of another. Thus in Illinois Hart will have to persuade voters in some districts to check his name on the presidential-preference section of the ballot, then go down to the delegate section and look under the names of Cranston or Askew for candidates...
...shift in voter attitudes intensified the weekend before the balloting. The so-called second tier of candidates collectively collapsed as early "supporters began to feel that they would be wasting their votes on Alan Cranston, Reubin Askew, Fritz Hollings and Jesse Jackson. Many of these voters switched their allegiance to Hart. At the same time, thousands of the undecided joined the Hart stampede. Half the voters decided in the last week, and more than half of this group decided for Hart. Those who made up their minds on the final weekend chose Hart over Mondale by 67% to 10%. Even...
...high average age is a direct result of Pihl's shift to a greater number of night-classes. Pihl said that the night courses, which have been increasing in popularity since he started the program in 1979 attract many adults from the Boston area...
Such a division of responsibilities would also enable our military establishment to shift some of its intellectual energies and scientific research from a hypothetical esoteric war in an area where we have major allies to the defense of regions where conflict is much more likely. In such regions our allies are less prone to see their interests immediately engaged, and the countries being threatened are in a worse position to assist in the defense effort...
...will be easy to cover for her in the spring," Moseley said. "Her major teaching load is then, so now we'll just have a shift to have her responsibilities covered...