Word: shifts
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...newest change by the College administration is the latest in a slew of alcohol-related policy changes that are designed to more strictly regulate alcohol use, and may reflect a shift away in the balance between encouraging responsible drinking habits while avoiding the legal woes that stem from underage alcohol consumption...
...proof gloves underneath their regular gloves, Martin said. Wiggins, who staffs breakfast and lunch, said that his co-workers do not always wear regular gloves in the first place—even after encountering needles on an often daily basis. Wiggins himself has found needles on trays during his shift and has come close to being pierced several times, he said. Rosen and Serie DeMelo, the manager of Winthrop and Lowell dining halls, declined to comment. The appearance of the needles represents a new and unforeseen part of working in Winthrop dining hall—Fabrikarakis said that the only...
...earned a right to self-determination. Further entanglement will only worsen the problem. It seems, then, that there can be no mutually acceptable solution as long as independence remains the fundamental question. Choosing sides will not actually lead to peace or stability. Somehow, the frame of the debate must shift. Paradoxically, the only resolution is one that renders Kosovo’s statehood immaterial. The only way to look beyond this wedge is to look above it—to the continental level of the European Union (EU).The EU must take a leading role in defusing the dispute. First...
...race moved to New Hampshire and Nevada, their votes helped him stay competitive. In South Carolina on Saturday, Jan. 26, Obama's better than 3-to-1 advantage among under-30 voters more than neutralized Clinton's narrower edge among over-65s. Now, as the candidates shift to the coast-to-coast, Dixie-to-Dakota battlefield of Feb. 5, Obama is counting on a wave of Democrats experiencing their own McCaskill moments, roused to his banner by the fervent - if sometimes vague - urgings of youth...
...Florida was just the latest in a series of disappointments that began in Iowa and New Hampshire, two states where he had outspent his rivals and once led in the polls. His failures have many causes, which will be raked over by historians. But they also suggest a broader shift: Romney may be running to lead a Republican Party that no longer exists...