Hirschman s interests shifted away from economic development over the course of his illustrious career.

With the Arab Spring, regional public opinion has shifted toward prioritizing civil rights and democratic reform over foreign policy.

The focus has shifted.

Second, over the past 15 years, hundreds of millions of jobs shifted to Asia, which offered inexpensive and often highly skilled labor.

Don t get me wrong, I am not arguing for fiscal profligacy. But the balance of risks has shifted over the past few years.

Over the past six months, attention and worry have shifted from America s enormous trade deficit to its surging property markets and real estate bubble.

Although the essence of this statement has remained the same since 1985, the context has changed over the years and the emphasis has shifted.

It merely shifted from left to right.

Thus, insidiously, the burden of proof is shifted.

Today, however, the eurozone s attention has shifted to growth.

Gradually, the SCO shifted its focus to fighting Islamic radicals.

Goal posts should not be selectively shifted beyond legal obligations.

Sami's brush with death shifted his focus from business to religion.

And the focus this year has shifted decisively away from it.

They have shifted from defensive to offensive Iraqi led security initiatives.

Armed groups travelled back and forth across borders conflicts within different countries became intertwined alliances among Governments and rebel movements in the region shifted as each sought to gain advantage over others.

Nevertheless, the national consensus has shifted, shaking all assumptions about Israeli politics.

Monetary policy itself has shifted to a far greater focus on inflation.

The economic structure was shifted along the line of industrialization and modernization.

But the Fed has shifted over the past two months toward policies aimed at a second mode crisis more significant monetary loosening, despite the risks of higher inflation, extra moral hazard, and unjust redistribution.

Over the last few years, development aid has shifted away from thematic projects, towards broader programmes and direct budget support this makes it harder to monitor the level of ODA to the forest sector.

Failure to design an effective fiscal stimulus shifted the burden to monetary policy.

Second, and more important, voter attitudes have shifted significantly during the past decade.

The good news is that the intellectual climate has shifted decisively against them.

The forecasters have now shifted their predictions of 3 plus growth to 2011.

During this period, American Ballet Theatre shifted its focus to recruiting ballet stars.

In considering the risks, the emphasis has shifted over the last decade from preventing additional states from acquiring nuclear weapons to preventing terrorist groups and other non state actors from acquiring them (or critical components).

That is why more than 40 of China s labor force, some 300 million people, has shifted over the past 30 years from agriculture to industrial and service sectors, which are now increasingly concentrated in cities.

By doing so, Roosevelt and those who followed in his footsteps shifted the consensus.

So, if the mission of reconciliation has any life left, its focus has shifted.

The city centre shifted from the Old City to the new Train Station quarter.

Circumstances have changed. Regional balances have shifted. The world's needs and challenges have evolved.

Seduced by China s spectacular growth, the region shifted from US to China centric export growth.

Above all, liabilities have simply been shifted around the global economy, which cannot continue indefinitely.

At the Yaroslavl meeting with Medvedev, attention shifted to the connection between democracy and modernization.

In 2008, the crew shifted to using Wacom Cintiqs for the drawings instead of pencils.

The focus of Russian naval activities shifted back from the Far East to the Baltic.

During those years Argentine Armed Forces shifted to Western European countries and Israel for supplies.

Emphasis has now shifted on implementing a country wide programme of disarming illegal armed groups.

After the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme in Sierra Leone was officially concluded, with over 55,000 ex combatants having gone through the regular reintegration process, the focus shifted to community participation and reintegration, with particular emphasis on youth.

The role of the hymn in this way shifted from a religious to a political context.

During recent decades, development thinking has shifted from modernization and structural adjustment programs to poverty reduction.

Since the 1990s private finance has shifted from international syndicated bank lending to international bond issues.

In addition to activities supporting the intergovernmental process, the emphasis shifted increasingly towards mandated implementation activities.

The last time that Israeli elections were so obviously affected by violence was in 1996, when polling results shifted wildly in the run up to the vote, finally allowing Netanyahu a razor thin win over acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres.