What has not improved nearly as much _ despite a striking shift in strategy to focus on services and software _ has been the growth in overall revenues.
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But the result has been a striking shift in power _ and wealth _ from labor to capital, the capital whose shares are bought and sold in the stock market.
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It was a striking shift because the heckling by some of the rebels came in the same square where Latortue praised them as " freedom fighters " after Aristide left.
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Indeed, the changes are the most striking shift in strategy since Columbia was formed in 1987 by Scott, a lawyer who never managed a hospital, and Richard Rainwater, the Texas investor.
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With Election Day only two weeks away, the race for governor here in Virginia offers the latest demonstration of a striking shift that many Democrats fear could hurt them in the mid-term elections next year.
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"The post-strike shift of power from unions to industry allows so many more changes that previously might not even be contemplated, " says David Lorimer, director of the shipping consultancy Datamar in Rio de Janeiro.
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Even in this conservative state, the heavy emphasis on social and moral themes was a striking shift from forums of past years, when the messages were also dominated by clashes over specific legislation or programs.
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But it also represents a striking shift in political vision for a party that was promising, only two years ago during the health-care struggle, the largest expansion of the social welfare system since the New Deal.
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In one of the most striking shifts, only 18 percent of Americans said they had a great deal of confidence that the government could protect them from terrorism; a month ago, 35 percent had such confidence.
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One of the most striking shifts of gravity came in 1986, when Rupert Murdoch defied powerful British unions and moved his newspaper operations out of Fleet Street, historically the city's publishing row, and into the East End.