Word: shifting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...janitors’ demands are completely reasonable. Many of Boston’s janitors live hand-to-mouth, working two or three part time jobs to support themselves and their families. A part time job can pay as little as $39 per shift. Those jobs are often for the same cleaning contractor or for more than one contractor covered by the Boston master contract. Such a lifestyle is hardly part time; between several jobs, janitors often work more hours than a full time job but receive none of the benefits of full time work. Their schedules leave them little...
...became aware,” she said of her early career, “that a woman’s health included the right to control her own body, and I did shift my position on abortion...
...through a beefed-up new U.N. resolution demanding that Saddam accept unfettered inspections anytime, anywhere, and setting a quick trigger for military action in the event that Iraq failed to comply. Instead, Saddam's offer revived uncertainty. France and Russia, two pivotal Security Council members that had begun to shift toward the U.S. hard line, now hailed a triumph for diplomacy and questioned the need to place new demands on Baghdad. Says a French diplomat: "You cannot threaten someone before you have started...
...number of events could occur in the next year that would make intervention in Iraq more difficult than it is now. An Iraqi agent could get lucky and pick up a supply of weapons grade plutonium at some Central Asian garage sale. The U.S. political environment might shift against a firm position on Iraq. Hussein is as likely to willingly dismantle his arms program as he is to make a horse fly. At least the king only fell for this trick once...
...that is about as close as the two parties have come in a month to combat over a possible war with Iraq: a wayside debate about the debate itself. What once looked like a great clash between two political parties about a seismic shift in U.S. strategic doctrine is shaping up instead to be a street scuffle about the exact wording of a resolution that sanctions attacking Iraq, with a few kicks and punches tossed in about whether the Republicans are talking up war in order to score well in the midterm elections. The Senate is expected to begin considering...