Word: shifts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Findings that have emerged from research on the ability of light to reset the internal clock has improved the lives of many shift workers. Monica L. Stemmle '96 was involved in shift work research during the summer of 1994. "I participated in a five-year study on whether properly timed bright light could improve shift workers' performance...
...reckless for holding the nation's credit hostage to "extreme" demands. Both sides, however, were quietly counting on Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to stave off an actual default through internal bookkeeping changes--and last Wednesday he came through. He used an arcane process called "disinvestment," which enabled him to shift tens of billions of dollars from two interest-bearing retirement funds into accounts that earn no interest. Then he extended ious guaranteeing federal workers that the principal and the lost interest would be repaid. Conveniently, those ious don't count against the $4.9 trillion debt limit. Through all of this...
...affiliate losses have contributed to CBS's ratings woes, but so have some overly aggressive scheduling moves. The network launched an unusually large slate of 11 new shows this fall, tried to attract younger viewers and made a risky schedule shift by moving Murder, She Wrote from its longtime Sunday-night time slot and replacing it with two sitcoms. Nearly every move backfired. Murder, She Wrote (now on Thursdays) has dropped from ninth in the ratings to 59th; Sunday-night viewership has fallen 25% (60 Minutes has dropped from sixth place in the ratings to 13th); and not a single...
...something we'restruggling with--we're having letdowns," Konik said. "It's OK to have a letdown for a shift or two, but we're [letdowns] there 10, 15 [minutes], even for a period...
Many observers had predicted that the tidal wave of conservatism which swept the nation last November would filter down to Cambridge this year and finally shift the balance of power on the City Council...