Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President took the occasion to respond to two Japanese concerns. As Nakasone reminded him in private, Tokyo fears that a U.S.-U.S.S.R. agreement to limit nuclear missiles in Europe might result in the shift of some Soviet missiles to the Far East, where they could menace Japan. Reagan's response, in his speech to the Diet: "We must not and we will not accept any agreement that transfers the threat of longer-range nuclear missiles from Europe to Asia." Also, while warning against trade protectionism in both countries, Reagan strongly condemned a "domestic content" bill passed...
...intruders appear to have made sure that they would not be surprised by the team of night guards. One shift went off duty at 1:30 a.m. and, following a routine schedule, the replacement team did not reach the old masters' gallery until after 2 a.m., when the theft was discovered...
These achievements are often against incredible odds. Eileen Harris, 32, a telephone operator from Springfield for the past 14 years, works the 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. shift, grabs a few hours of sleep, gets her children off to school, then drives 18 miles to class. Says Rothman: "The Adas are not more intelligent than the traditional undergraduate, just more highly motivated." Explains Beverly Donovan, 31 , a divorced mother of two children who is on welfare: "It's very clear to me that I'm going to have to be making money and supporting myself and my children...
...There is no question that there was a shift in the involvement of faculty in the Houses in the late 1960s and early 1970s," Fox said. "There are some people who believe the amount of senior faculty contact never really recovered...
Again, Steve Ernst responded. He gained 102 yards on 21 carries and was the Crimson's only bright spot on an otherwise bleak day. With fullback Santiago hurt, Ernst made his final shift. He became, for the first time since high school, a fullback...