Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...outrage in the U.S., the Korean jet tragedy does not significantly change the Reagan Administration's already jaundiced view of the Soviet Union. Yet there does appear to be an important, albeit subtle, shift in the way the U.S. deals with the U.S.S.R. Oddly enough, this change, though prompted hi part by the KAL outrage, could promote greater continuity in long-term U.S.-Soviet relations. Reagan came into office strongly advocating "linkage," the concept that talks on arms control and other important issues should be tied to Soviet conduct across the board. But the Administration insisted last week that...
...quite simple. Warriors conquered power, then found it would not function without scholar-bureaucrats, "mandarins." The aging warrior-leaders of the Standing Committee know they too must create a mandarinate. A few years ago, thinkers and scholars were "stinkers"; today, they are desperately needed. But can the old men shift power to them without upheaval...
...soldiers who have recaptured control are engaged in the most delicate of political tasks, transfer of power. This transfer is not only from one generation to another but is cultural, military, academic, a shift from one set of elites to another...
...century. There will be many more very old Americans. For instance, Arizonans over 80 will increase their number almost fivefold in two decades, from 50,000 to 228,000. Nationally, the number of people 85 and older is likely to double, to 5.1 million. To accommodate this demographic shift, cities and states may adapt existing facilities to the new circumstances: Ohio, for instance, is predicted to have 624,000 fewer children and teen-agers at the end of the century than it does today. Instead of building new centers for the proliferating elderly, local governments there might simply retrofit...
Down Mt. Aubum St. across from the post office, more than 200,000 square feet of office and retail space in University Place (4) should open by December 1. At that point, construction at the Harvard-owned project will shift toward an adjacent complex University Green where 75 high-priced condominiums will go on sale...