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.
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 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.
By contrast Mr Fabius, who as prime minister implemented many austerity measures at the time, now advocates a shift back to the left.
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.
The team planned to shift him over to left field in favor of the younger, fleeter Brett Gardner.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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In the shift from protest to politics, some venerable black institutions ironically are getting left behind.
Shift your weight to the back foot and turn the body sharply to the right to catch the punch high on the left shoulder.
No European leader, left or right, is calling for a major political shift of the kind that would allow them to permanently shrink public spending and, thus, keep within the new fiscal rules.
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