Because foreign markets are so much smaller than the American capital market, international shifts of funds can create more volatility.

Another quick shift of positions created a new attack formation.

But a shift in city policy, some believe, has created dangerous conditions there.

This shift is also creating a concern that young people who already live in the Valley will be priced out of the market.

The shift of commerce to the Internet has created numerous technical headaches.

Such a shift, he said, "creates enormous vulnerability for the economy."

But the shift also created bitterness, particularly among students who felt their lives had been short-circuited by the previous practice.

Not surprisingly, the shift has created a lot of political confusion about whose interests are being protected.

That shift has created a market in which many stocks - not just the blue chips - are having banner years.

The third shift creates a situation in which the employee must sleep during the day.