Word: shifts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...College Harry R. Lewis ’68, are upset that the North Yard building boom has yet to garner any major donors, saying that the decision to go ahead with construction before securing funding bordered on the irresponsible.“There seems to have been a shift during the Summers years to starting building projects without the funds lined up to pay for them,” Lewis, the McKay professor of computer science, wrote in an e-mail. “It is a lot harder to raise money for a building that has already been built...
...former President Bill Clinton, who helped to broker the agreement, noted, “If an 8-year old took in 45 less calories per day, by the time he reached high school, he would weigh 20 pounds less than he would have weighed otherwise.” Each shift made by the government, school districts, and corporations toward encouraging healthy eating is important, but without larger initiatives such as this one, necessary changes in the diets of American children will not occur. While removing unhealthy beverages from schools is a worthy achievement, it does not address the need...
...Time went to press, but in the meantime they apparently kept cracking jokes. Spokesmen relayed that Russell had asked for a newspaper to be sent down to him: he was keen to start looking for a new job. He was also expecting to be paid overtime for his extended shift. And both men wanted to be out in time to play for their local footy team on the Saturday...
...voice were delightfully over-the-top. However, during his musical numbers, Minervini dropped the old man act and belted with the clarity and intensity of a Broadway veteran—resulting in a hilariously incongruent performance. Goldstein was equally impressive as Marianne. The role required her to shift between being a naïve schoolgirl and a jailbaiting temptress, and she did so seamlessly. She even demonstrated formidable hip-hop chops during the musical’s zany rap interludes. Goldstein’s saccharine sweet voice was oddly matched to the Lil’ Kim worthy lyrics...
...between threats to annihilate Israel and make life hell for America to dash off a letter to President Bush proposing "new solutions" to "the current fragile situation in the world." As improbable as the conciliatory tone may sound from the usually bellicose Ahmadinejad, it may represent a smart shift in diplomatic strategy at a moment when the U.S. is struggling to forge an international consensus to turn up the heat on Tehran...