Word: shifts
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While Clinton's plan is a patchwork of political compromises, it is part of a real shift in federal policy that shows a new respect for nature. Throughout most of U.S. history, government actions have encouraged human exploitation of natural resources: logging, mining, drilling, grazing, damming rivers. That philosophy reached its height during the Reagan years, when Interior Secretary James Watt favored mining in wilderness areas...
...symbolic essence of cool, ice is available in cubes from you refrigerator or in bags from Store 24. Put it in your drinks, against your skin or down your friend's shift...
...This shift has manifested itself in several ways. First, the United States has stopped pressing its allies. Now rather than pushing its favored policy, the U.S. floats along, passively supporting whatever plan is in favor...
...second sign of the administration's shift is in its rhetoric...
Thirdly, Christopher has recently given hints that the administration is going to try to rewrite the history of the conflict in order to shift the blame to others...