Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...choice forces nonetheless feel they have the political momentum. A TIME/ CNN poll of 1,000 adult women last week indicated a dramatic shift on the issue since the Supreme Court ruled in July that states could pass laws restricting abortion. Only 12% said abortion should be illegal under all circumstances. Moreover, 66% disagreed with the Supreme Court ruling, and 54% said abortion is one of the most important issues facing the country today...
...film's admirable trick is to shift the balance without opting for heroes and villains. Kevin Dillon, as Lucy's boyfriend, lists toward the loutish, but he's no jerk. And Masterson's fine, grace-noted performance is like the film: full of wit, skepticism and hope for compromises that won't ruin lives. This is a serious comedy that locates wry smiles in everyone's burdens and opportunities. The tears come...
Californian. "In the future we'll collect baskets instead." But the Donaldsons are also looking into quake insurance, which they turned down when they bought their house four years ago. And while they are still determined to stand their ground, they have a new sense of how it can shift under their feet. Says Rene: "Now when I go out for a run and go under a freeway overpass, I look up and say, 'Not now, please' -- and speed...
When companies do buy new gear, they are rapidly downsizing, junking their mainframes in favor of smaller, more flexible workstations, made by companies like Sun Microsystems. Because of this shift, mainframe sales are expanding only about 5% annually, less than half the rate of a few years ago. Says Rod Canion, president of Houston-based Compaq: "The rules are changing, and it's very difficult for the big-computer makers to accept." At the other end of the spectrum, some PC makers are getting hit with a different problem: a glut of machines. Says Michael Dell, who heads an Austin...
...battle for fiscal discipline quickly degenerated into a familiar attempt to shift the blame for failure -- not only between parties and branches of Government but also onto the Gramm-Rudman procedure itself...