Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Muskie is unapologetic. "If you're going to shift course," he explains, "you ought to take your friends on the Hill into your confidence. We thought it important he learn that lesson early." But Muskie says he genuinely likes his boss-to-be. "He's got a good mind. He works hard. He doesn't deserve all the harsh treatment he gets. Our personal relationship has always been pleasant...
...leaderless but powerful network is working to bring about radical change in the U.S. Its members have broken with certain key elements of Western thought, and they may even have broken continuity with history. This network is the Aquarian conspiracy. It is a conspiracy. . . . The great shuddering, irrevocable shift overtaking us is not a new political, religious or philosophical system. It is a new mind...
Faced with possible erosion of their own political bases, some city politicians have begun to shift their own stances. One possibility is a fusion of current powerholders--CCA members and Independents alike--against the new voters in the city. The best example may be Vellucci. Once a traditional ethnic neighborhood politician, Vellucci has slowly shifted toward the CCA on most substantive issues, voting against condo conversion and for rent control. And on the CCA's part, Sullivan may be doing more than any of his colleagues to expand the organization beyond its Brattle St. roots and elitist reputation. His last...
...Fuel efficiency standards for automobiles established in 1975 helped spur the U.S. auto industry's shift toward the production of smaller, lighter cars that get significantly better mileage...
...World War II. A major Soviet goal in the past three decades has been to drive a wedge between the U.S. and its allies with the hope of crippling the American military presence in Europe and U.S. security influence in Japan. Ultimately at stake, therefore, could be a shift in the global power balance. Just how the crisis is managed will challenge all the leadership skills not only of Jimmy Carter but of the heads of government of America's main allies as well...