Word: shifts
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...midst of a revolutionary shift in American soccer towards a traditional amateur/professional set-up akin to European club soccer, our national team and professional clubs still rely on college soccer as a valuable resource for young talent...
...career. But, things have taken a surprising—and beneficial—turn in Keating’s junior season.While teams often carry six or seven forwards in order to produce fresh rotations, Harvard began 2009 with only four, including three freshmen, forcing Crimson coach Sue Caples to shift personnel. With Keating’s flexible skill set, she was a reasonable gamble on the offensive end.“I’ve never really considered myself a forward, because I’ve always had midfield tendencies…being more central and not being as offensively...
...Diffusions” discuss the introduction and spread of English language influence, while “Poets” and “Shakespeares” analyze their title subjects in a variety of in-depth contexts.In explaining the logic behind such a shift, Donoghue says, “Pedagogically, we wanted to move away from mandatory, large lecture courses... We wanted to make it of a smaller size so that there would be more interaction between the professor and the student.” The English faculty and administration are currently working on increasing the number of courses offered...
...dispute is also spilling over into the new commissioner's plan to shift all but the most dangerous, violent kids (estimated to be 10%-20% of the total) from some form of detention to community-based programs. These are far cheaper, and if adequately funded and well-run, they have proved to be more effective in shrinking recidivism rates; currently it costs as much as $200,000 a year to keep a kid in a facility, and 80% of those are rearrested before they turn 28. (More than half of those still in detention are in for misdemeanors...
Unions say the commissioner's reforms are moving too fast - there are now 1,000 kids in detention, down two-thirds from a few years ago - before there has been a sufficient shift of resources. "We are concerned that the commissioner has made this her personal crusade ... and we think it needs to be slowed down," says representative Darcy Mills...