Word: shifts
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...answer lies in tradition. The abolition of grades would demand a gargantuan mental shift throughout the college. It is highly unlikely that such a radical solution to grade inflation will be accepted in the near future, if ever...
This drastic shift in attitudes from my parents' generation to ours stems from the confluence of two factors: the sexual revolution and the subsequent AIDS epidemic. The social scene of my parents' generation (late 1950s to late 1960s) may have been characterized by casual dating, but it also seemed to emphasize the postponement of intimacy, especially sex. Those who were caught up in the counter-culture movement of the late 1960s rebelled against these values, among others. Suddenly, having multiple dates meant having multiple sexual partners. Though other social factors are certainly at work, it's telling that the birth...
...business runs: badly, most of the time. John Michael Higgins does a good job mimicking Letterman's cigar-chomping crankiness, but he's too energetic. Daniel Roebuck has the chin (with the help of prosthetics), but turns Leno into a simpering moron." But the fatal flaw of "The Late Shift" is that its recreation of an television insider story seems the height of self-absorption. "'The Late Shift' is a parade of TV executives known to few in the audience, but all scrupulously identified onscreen as if this were a documentary on the Vietnam peace talks. (Look, it's John...
...marine, Bickle has found himself stricken with insomnia, and, in the movie's opening scene, decides to undertake driving the moonlight shift on a taxi cab simply as a way of filling up the time. Increasingly fed up with the sordid people he encounters in his midnight runs--prostitutes, pimps, pushers and various basket cases--he begins a strict physical and mental regimen in pursuit of some goal at which we can only guess. After an innocent attempt to woo a senator's aide (Cybill Shepherd) and to rescue a teenage prostitute (Jodie Foster) from the streets, Travis resorts...
Eventually, Dornan said, he expects to shift his focus to his Congressional reelection campaign, perhaps running a more serious campaign for the presidency in four years or beyond...