"If you look at those who are most inclined to be involved in politics right now, the dynamic shifts to the minority party."

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

The practice, known as proprietary trading, generally shifts the risk to taxpayers while banks make money.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

The FIFA Under-20 World Cup ends Friday, at which point the world's sporting attention shifts to the U-17 World Cup, beginning later this month in Nigeria.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

But in the end, protests and peaceful revolutions in the region brought it down, leading to the re-unification of Germany, the end of the Cold War and geopolitical shifts in Europe and beyond.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09