Word: shifting
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...census shows a shift...
...municipal cemeteries to eliminate $360 a week in employee overtime payments. Bostonians were understandably vexed. "The mandate of the voters was not to curtail essential services," protested City Councilman Raymond Flynn. "Among the obligations we have is burial of the dead." Last week city hall resumed the Saturday graveyard shift. But there was no question about what else the mayor would like to bury. Says City Councilman Patrick McDonough: "City hall is rubbing the electorate's nose in such outrages as the Saturday burial ban, hoping that this will make them back...
...Reagan Administration will depend on the continued support of the American public for an austerity program. Lester C. Thurow questioned whether voters would stick with such policies unless they quickly saw tangible results in the form of rising standards of living. He believes that the U.S.'s recent shift to economic conservatism may quickly evaporate. Said he: "The question is how long will the conservative era have to prove itself before the public kicks it out and tries something else. If the conservative policies cannot work relatively quickly, people will cease being conservatives...
Even with a shift in atmosphere, President Reagan is likely to find himself in the same narrow valley of limited options that Carter experienced. Already before the election, the Californian was forced to back off from some of his more controversial energy stands. He stopped insisting that the nation could solve its fuel problems in five years, and he began to talk about disciplining, rather than disbanding the Department of Energy. His criticism of the $227 billion windfall profits tax on oil companies became tempered after aides realized that he would need those tax revenues if he wanted...
Value is a key word for many shoppers this year. Consumers are looking for products that might cost a little more to buy but which last much longer. Some experts say that this is caused by the American shift to a more European style of living and a desire to own fewer, but better built, things. Says George Core, a vice president of Rike's, a department-store chain in the Dayton area: "The customer is value-conscious and will buy items like microwave ovens, even though the gift is expensive. Warm sweaters and winter coats are good this...