"I don't see any sweeping ideological shift in homeless policy yet."

The city at the center of the dispute has played a historic role in black politics, and is now grappling with sweeping demographic shifts as Hispanic and Asian-American residents become increasingly influential.

The report, a statistical survey of the nation's educational system, portrays sweeping ethnic shifts that have transformed the schools.

The numbers of newcomers alone portend a sweeping shift in Israeli political life.

Coming less than four months after the company completed the sale of its aerospace and weapons units to the Boeing Company, yesterday's announcement marked the final stages of a sweeping shift in Rockwell's business.

Caseworkers with little training, poor supervision and few resources make bad decisions, sometimes in blind obedience to sweeping shifts in administrative policy.

These theories signify a sweeping shift in the study of the imagination.

"There is a recognition that there hasn't been a sweeping shift or a change in the votes," Mr. Kennedy said.

From fossilized fish teeth the size of sand grains, scientists hope to deduce a sweeping shift of deep ocean currents millions of years ago.

Despite sweeping shifts in gender roles over the past few decades, first and second wave feminists continue to scrutinize the woman's role in society.