The election results were thought to signal a French shift to the left, bolstering Hollande's position to push through an anti-austerity agenda after years of government budget cuts.
The team planned to shift him over to left field in favor of the younger, fleeter Brett Gardner.
Are these tactical shifts on economic policy symptomatic of a broader shift to the left?
Attlee's 1945 victory was based on a subtle but firm shift to the left in wartime Britain.
But, encouraged by Europe's political shift to the left, some unions are starting to flex their muscles.
That is part of the explanation for the shift to the left over the past few years.
There has been a marked shift to the left by the present supposedly conservative-dominated bench, for example.
Because of Mr Zuma's closeness to Cosatu and the Communists, some predict that he may preside over a radical shift to the left.
But America's shift to the left the Democratic takeover of Congress in 2006 and Barack Obama's election two years later has put her back at the heart of the political debate.
There is a more compelling reason still to suspect there will be no shift to the left, and that is that what remains of the left has no real policies.
The rare Republican rebellion Tuesday coincides with a notable shift to the left by Mr. Cuomo, who is advocating a minimum-wage increase and a package of women's rights laws this year in addition to the new firearms restrictions passed last month.
Given the constraints of international finance and economic structures, observers say that if Hollande is elected president he will not really have the room to maneuver to radically shift France to the left the way his Socialist predecessor Francois Mitterrand did three decades ago.
But given the constraints of international finance and economic structures, observers said Hollande will not really have room to maneuver to shift France radically to the left.
By contrast Mr Fabius, who as prime minister implemented many austerity measures at the time, now advocates a shift back to the left.
But now there is an unmistakeable shift away from the left to what the broadly pro-Hollande Le Monde newspaper calls a "social democratic vision".
Duncan wants to shift the focus of No Child Left Behind from singling out underperforming schools -- including what he often calls "dropout factories" -- to fostering a "race to the top" to reward successful reforms.
But now, right-handed hitters like Alex Rodriguez are forced to deal with the shift, seeing a mass of infielders in the left-field space where he used to deposit soft line drives for hits.
Another reason not to shift into reverse - according to the fund - is that the government still has other things left in the locker to try.
She said that as overall living standards rose, the focus had to shift to the "invisible" minority who had been left behind.
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An 11-story building owned by apparel manufacturer Tung Hai Group caught fire in the Mirpur area of Dhaka close to midnight after the late-shift workers had left for the day, local fire-service officials said.
While the Chinese do not appear ready to rush into any vacuum left by the withdrawal of foreign troops, a definite shift toward a more hands-on approach to Afghanistan is under way.
To Ortiz, the best way to beat the shift is to work on hitting the ball hard up the middle, with some line drives to left field.
The shift left many fossil fuel critics disillusioned and unwilling to do much to support the president.
"We are seeing an exciting shift in communities after businesses left and downtowns are looking to revitalize, " said Jason Carey, founder of River Restoration, a Colorado-based engineering firm working on the Grand River effort.
In the shift from protest to politics, some venerable black institutions ironically are getting left behind.
Finally, there has been a much sharper shift to the right within the Republican Party than there has been to the left in the Democratic Party.
The transmission was excellent in automatic mode, and manual shift is still accessible by pulling the center console-mounted gear selector to the left.
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During his long political career he has helped shift the political establishment so forcefully to the right that he now appears on the left.
Can the president, if he has the right spokespeople and the surrogates around the country, shift a measure of responsibility for this disaster between now and November to the Republicans that left office before he came in, specifically Cheney?
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