Word: shifts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would shift most economic authority from the central government to the increasingly separatist republics and deprive the national government of the right to levy taxes...
...that balance has now begun to shift. Reason: a surge of drugs and violent crime that government officials seem utterly unable to combat. Eight other major cities have higher homicide rates, but New York's carnage dwarfs theirs in absolute terms. Last year 1,905 people were murdered in New York, more than twice as many as in Los Angeles. In the first five months of this year, 888 homicides were committed, setting a pace that will result in a new record if it goes unchecked...
Even so, Dinkins' remark was a significant shift from his earlier pronouncements. At times the mayor has attempted to downplay the crime wave as a public relations problem: "This administration is doing all it can to win back our streets. Some of it has been to address the image of the city. People need to feel secure, and ((a bad image)) adversely impacts business and tourism." He has also portrayed the outbreak as a local manifestation of a national crisis beyond his control: "If the problems of drugs and crime were only in New York, then you could ask, What...
...Lexus owes its allure to 300 subtle technological innovations that add up to a remarkably quiet and smooth ride, even at speeds of up to 150 m.p.h. in the LS400. The Lexus' computerized engine-control system, for example, retards the engine's r.p.m. just before a gear shift, which reduces the lurch common to many automatic transmissions. The car bristles with luxuries as well: a steering column that automatically adjusts to different drivers, heated seats and an optional telephone mounted in the steering wheel...
...There is going to be a shift away from a therapeutic sort of medicine, where you treat someone who is already ill, to a medicine where you identify the risks a particular individual has for developing certain diseases and then try to prevent that person from ever becoming ill. Ironically, one of the first consequences of a better understanding of genetics will be an emphasis on altering the environmental contribution to disease because that's a lot easier to change. If you know you are at high risk for lung cancer, your motivation to stop smoking will increase...