Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There was almost a palpable sense of relief at the White House over the prospect of Haig's departure and Shultz's arrival. Some aides actually celebrated on Friday evening. Whether the new Secretary of State will actually direct a fundamental shift in foreign policy remains to be seen. Institutional restraints and Shultz's own need to familiarize himself with both his assignment and new colleagues will probably prevent him from having a noticeable impact in the weeks ahead, even if he comes to Foggy Bottom with a mandate from Reagan and a clear set of objectives...
Meanwhile, the Administration tried to shift blame for the deficit-driven interest rates to the Federal Reserve. Speaking to Washington editors, Treasury Secretary Donald Regan renewed longstanding assertions that Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker was failing to hold the growth of money and credit to a slow and stable course. Shortly thereafter, Beryl Sprinkel, the Treasury's Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs, let it be known that his department was studying ways to make the Fed more responsive to Administration wishes...
...probe deeply into an employee's physical nature has provoked sharp disagreement between corporations and some labor unions, physicians and scientists. Companies say the information helps them decide whether a worker should be kept away from potentially hazardous materials. Opponents charge that genetic testing can be used to shift blame for occupationally related illnesses away from the employer and onto the ailing employees. Some critics also worried that the tests may lead to unfair discrimination in hiring...
...dignified, genial patriarch of the University's rate book depository plans merely to shift his attention from administration to personal studies and teaching, both of which naturally focus on explaining books to others. After spending next term doing research on a Guggenheim Fellowship, he will resume his duties as Professor of Bibliography for three final years-until he reaches mandatory retirement...
...bring up these taps during the confirmation hearings last year of Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan, who was a vice president and part owner of Schiavone, even though Donovan's name came up in the recorded conversations. FBI Director William Webster last week sought to shift the blame for this lapse away from his organization. In an unusual, hour-long press briefing, he said that a member of Ronald Reagan's transition team told the FBI that it was not necessary to delve more deeply into Donovan's possible relationship with organized crime...