Word: shifts
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Newt's troubles will hasten the power shift from House Republicans to their counterparts in the Senate, where majority leader Trent Lott is expected to spearhead the Republican agenda in the next Congress. Since November, Lott and Clinton have several times discussed their common desire not to allow the investigations of either Gingrich or the White House to bring the substantive work of the next Congress to a halt. The big question is whether either man can control his own partisans in the House, like Democratic whip David Bonior or Republican Dan Burton, chairman of the House Government Reform...
...shift begins with set up before breakfast, the least attended meal, and ends after lunch. The p.m. shift begins at lunch and lasts through dinner, according to Mayer. The staff at dinner, which is the most popular meal, is also supplemented with part-time workers...
...order to minimize costs to the College, and in turn, to students in the form of board, HUDS operates a shift system that combines full-time and part-time dining hall workers to cook and assist with meals...
...addition, the p.m. shift would be pushed back by a later dinner period, eliminating the overlap during lunch and creating a staffing shortage. In order to accommodate longer dining hall hours, HUDS would have to hire more workers...
...seven years in power. Following weeks of wrangling, the country's major parties agreed last week to form a coalition government headed by Angela Merkel, 51, who stands to become the first female Chancellor in German history. The victory of Merkel and her Christian Democratic Party marks a generational shift in German politics. Young voters who once were worried about social issues say they are far more concerned about reviving Germany's stagnant economy. As a result, German leaders like Schröder and his Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, who came of age during the social tumult of the 1960s...