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...thrives by constantly mutating?so that just as our immune systems recognize and kill off one strain, a new one emerges against which our defenses don't work. Most are minor adaptations, the product of genetic "drift." Every now and then, however, something more dramatic occurs: a genetic "shift." Also termed "a reassortment event," this is the creation of a wholly new strain with genetic elements taken from viruses found in different species...
...even about moral choices according to particular religious traditions. The overarching goal of most anti-abortion activists is to reinstate traditional family structures and gender roles they believe have broken down in the United States during the past half-century, while aiming to prevent a shift in women’s status abroad by opposing the distribution of contraception and abortion services through international aid. This ban is misogynist, its proponents are dishonest, and its spirit is reactionary. Our reasons to oppose it must, therefore, extend beyond the apt concern for women’s welfare that you express...
...musical shift is understandable, considering the less than amicable departure of stalwart guitarist Graham Coxon (the band cited “antisocial behavior”). Fortunately for listeners, Coxon’s absence leaves Albarn free to incorporate influences from recent collaborators Gorillaz, for whom Albarn served as frontman, and Massive Attack...
Gayle attributed the shift in part to Harvard’s recent reiteration of its support for affirmative action, in the form of a friend of a court brief in the Michigan case...
...pull their defense away from them,” Codini said. “We ran a very good offensive shift. I was down right in front of the goal, and I was in a really good position...