I'd argue that the only lasting shift in the last two years came after the 2012 budget and the double-dip recession, which combined to convince many voters that the Conservatives were out of touch, unfair and not even working all that well.
Bain & Company, a consulting firm, expects the industry's sales to fall by a tenth in 2009, to €153 billion ($225 billion).Some executives even expect a lasting shift in customers' preferences, towards discretion and value.
Whether it will provoke any lasting shift in perception or policy is another matter.
And public hostility to immigrants grew after a ship carrying almost 500 Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka arrived off the country's west coast in August.It is hard to be sure whether this debate heralds a lasting shift in Canada's openness to immigration.
Wall Street Grapples with Diminished Reality | The first loss at Goldman Sachs since the financial crisis points to what could be a more lasting shift in the financial industry, as the bank that was once Wall Street's highest flier has been grounded.
If we're being totally honest, the sorts of fines that get levied on these tech titans are unlikely to cause any lasting shift in behavior.
(Nomsa, 45) This sentiment was echoed by others; another participant indicated that her new reminder system became part of a lasting shift in attitude or "mentality".
Yet the question remained: Would these stylistic changes translate into significant, lasting shifts in the life and doctrine of the Catholic Church and, if so, how?
Thus, the persistent inflammatory effects observed in our data may reflect a smoldering inflammatory reaction or a long-lasting shift in stromal composition rather than an acute reaction observed during postlactation involution [ 5, 49].
The school shooting that took place in Parkland, Florida, earlier this year launched a new generation of gun control activists, inspired walkouts and marches, and sparked the most substantial ― and long-lasting ― shift in public opinion on guns in recent years.
