Word: switches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mitterrand government will, of course, need far more than luck to implement its program of change for French society, but the Cheysson-Reagan exchange illuminates an important fact: so far as France's powerful administrative apparatus is concerned, there is less to the latest government switch than meets the eye. Whoever is running the country politically, bureaucratic power within the French civil service remains guarded by the graduates of a small number of closely knit, government-linked grandes écoles (great schools), which also provide manpower for the national political parties, be they of the left, right or center...
News and notes from around the majors: It looks like Milwaukee's Paul Militor is out for the year with torn ligaments in his ankle. There was some concern if he could make the switch from second base to center field but, ironically, he hurt himself running the bases...One observer who knew Mickey Hatcher in the minors is surprised at how much attention the Twins outfielder is getting as a flake. "He was cool as a cucumber in the minors because all he wanted was a big league job. He didn't do anything unusual." ...Now that Vancouver manager...
...last switch-hitter to win the American League MVP Award? Your answer should include references from at least three authors we have studied...
...across the country people in the health fields have to decide where to cut back and where to switch money around," Roberts said, adding that the new center will focus on techniques for evaluating the cutbacks' effects "explicitly and numerically" instead of "using intuition and prejudice...
...gerrymander districts in ways that would dilute the black vote, and proposals to hold at-large elections, which would lessen the chance for minorities to be represented in proportion to their voting strength. When Charleston annexed some predominantly white suburbs, for example, the Justice Department required that it switch from using citywide elections for its council to a system of individual districts. Black representation on the council jumped from two of 16 seats to six of twelve...