Word: switched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lighter side, the j.v.-to-varsity switch has also struck the lightweights. Senior James Sheldon, the third varsity stroke in as many weeks, moves up to the position he held all last season...
...said Goldberg, "Bach had the incredible ability to switch from the most learned to the most modern styles. It makes every generation learn something new from him. He can weather the fads of time...
...against the U.S. In the end, the outcome in the Senate depended on a small group of about a dozen fence sitters. Many of them, like Hawkins and Specter, reportedly did not decide until the last day. Four Republicans and three Democrats who voted against the missile last year switched positions. Maryland Senator Charles Mathias, a Republican, explained his switch on strategic grounds, expecially the MX's accuracy. Said he: "Without the MX we don't have a hard-target capability...
...have been responsible for Gorbachev's rapid rise through the hierarchy, the General Secretary signaled his intention to pursue the cautious program of bureaucratic and economic reform that has been desultorily followed for the past two years. The Soviet Union, Gorbachev said, had to make a "decisive turn" and switch the economy to the "tracks of intensive development." Hinting at the widening technological gap between the West and the Soviet bloc, Gorbachev asked his countrymen to push for scientific and technical excellence by applying socialist economic principles "in a creative way." Even within a planned economy, he said, there...
...Japanese market. One oft-cited example: U.S. carmakers do not make a vehicle with the steering wheel on the right for Japanese highways. Detroit, scoffs a Tokyo official, seems to be convinced that "Japanese traffic moves the American way." U.S. carmakers call that a red herring. Detroit would happily switch the steering wheel if the Japanese would lower their tariffs and eliminate the mind-boggling inspection procedures that severely restrict imports of American cars...