Word: shifts
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...over the U.S., the decade of the '90s has seen a rapid reinvention of how the police do their jobs, especially in major cities. A change from squad cars to foot patrolling, a shift to "proactive'' policing that seeks to dissolve problems such as open-air drug marts rather than just rack up arrests, the more frequent establishment of cross-agency task forces to target specific problems such as car theft or drug crime--all are now commonplace. "This decline in crime rates is more than a demographic phenomenon,'' says Jeremy Travis, director of the National Institute of Justice...
...movie director was having trouble finding an actor for a big role in the year's pedigree romantic comedy. The director spotted the chat host on late-night TV, making a joke about his goofy new hairstyle, and, the director says, "I believed him." Presto! From the night shift, a star was born...
Reeves said he does not know whether other councillors will shift to his side. "I do believe that reasonable people are listening," he said, "[but] my crystal ball's not that good...
...Million Man March, the death of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Bosnian peace agreement, there were other men and women who shaped our world. But in the end, Gingrich is our 1995 Man of the Year because his rise and partial fall were emblematic of a historic shift in Washington that will be felt for generations to come. "For better or worse," says managing editor James R. Gaines, "he has changed the language and substance of American politics like no other politician in recent history...
...great shift in the vote to opponents of Kremlin economic policies, such as the communists or the nationalists, could mark the beginning of the end of the reformist cycle that started after Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in 1985. The powers of the parliament have been so watered down in the new constitution that it is virtually impossible for Deputies to remove Yeltsin from office. But a solid Yeltsin opposition with a majority in the new parliament could obstruct government-reform policies. The result would be a return to the debilitating power struggle that triggered Yeltsin's dramatic 1993 showdown...