Word: shifts
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...residency—has led the academy’s section on developmental and behavioral pediatrics. One of her major projects was helping to create the Community Pediatrics Training Initiative. In an interview Sunday, Palfrey stressed the link between medicine and public health, saying that she aimed to shift the focus of pediatrics toward prevention. “It’s important for doctors to realize how much family and social circumstances affect health care,” Palfrey said. “Without such awareness, we can miss causes for children’s problems...
...counteract the hardening environment, the McCain campaign has begun to shift strategy, hoping to change the subject from the economy's woes to questions about Obama's character and readiness to lead. Over the weekend, it unleashed a torrent of fresh attacks on Obama, including a claim by Palin on Saturday that Obama was someone who would "pal around with terrorists," a reference to Obama's limited relationship with William Ayers, a former violent antiwar activist who now works as a professor in Chicago. The claim, which is supported by campaign ads that ask "Who is Barack Obama?," follow...
...with these potential sources of value production, then there isn’t much prospect for growth going forward.”Rangan also pointed to a new sense that businesses are not just accountable to their shareholders and customers.“This notion has undergone a dramatic shift,” Rangan said. “There is a much larger constituency that businesses have to deal with, including their own employees and the communities in which they operate. Businesses have learned that these are important stakeholders as well.”—Staff writer Prateek...
...vitality. Only a hint of this earlier sound remains in “Night.” It’s the furthest the Kings of Leon have ventured from their roots, and it lands them in the territory of dozens of other mediocre commercial rock bands. Perhaps this shift is the result of their 2005 tour with U2 and their 2008 tour with Pearl Jam. Whatever the case, it’s evident that “Only by the Night” is crafted with much more of an arena-rock feel than anything else the band...
...rather than viewing it as an anti-climax, Hammer sees the ending as the truest destination of the film’s narrative. “That was the whole point of the story,” he said. “A slight psychological shift.” —Staff writer Bram A. Strochlic can be reached at bstrochl@fas.harvard.edu...