Word: shifts
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...into renouncing its historic commitment to public ownership of the commanding heights of the economy. Among the suggestions: Should the party offer a welcome to asylum seekers instead of shunning them? Should top Tories pledge not to send their children to private schools? A more mainstream notion was to shift the party's focus to the problems of the poor, hoping to attract young people whose penchant for issue-oriented wristbands was cited as proof that politics is not dying. But no coherent set of policies beyond mutters of "compassionate conservatism" was on offer. ? THEY HAVEN...
...Greens and Schröder's Social Democrats; last month she ticked the Christian Democrat box. "I'm a little embarrassed to tell my friends about it," she admits. "But something has to happen. Germany needs this kind of a signal for change." The biggest winner from the generational shift may be the fdp. A party that once relied on support from middle-aged voters increasingly appeals to the young. In the election, the fdp's youthful leadership stressed a simple campaign message that called for radical labor-market and tax reform. Even the Greens no longer stand...
...former BMW economist, contends in a book published last month that the glory years of the German auto industry are history and that as much as 25% of the 800,000 auto-manufacturing jobs in the nation will be cut over the next 10 years as suppliers increasingly shift production abroad. The book, titled Crash Course, has attracted wide attention in Germany, with some reviewers calling it overly bleak. Retorts Becker: "They call it bleak because Germans prefer to hear fairy tales rather than the reality...
Whatever objective stress you have to deal with, you can learn to activate the so-called relaxation response, a shift within the autonomic nervous system from sympathetic dominance (the fight-or-flight response) to parasympathetic dominance (the heart rate slows, blood pressure falls and metabolism and immunity are optimal). You can evoke the relaxation response in many ways: by working on your breathing, practicing yoga, taking biofeedback training, floating in water or stroking a cat or dog that you love...
...turnover of the game. On Cornell’s first offensive play, quarterback Ryan Kuhn found Bryan Romney for a 21 score. After a converted extra point, the rout was on. “If you look at it from a momentum stand point there was a huge momentum shift in the first quarter,” Murphy said. O’Hagan would add two more interceptions before the half and Steven Williams lost both a fumbled kickoff and a fumbled punt for the Harvard’s other two turnovers. Harvard added two touchdowns in the fourth quarter...