Sensitive to shifting currents are the policy wonks at CEBR, an economic consultancy, who put out a paper this week that was catchily called "We need to start considering what a Tory Government might do".The strongest sign yet of a shift in sentiment is that even long-time business friends and supporters of Mr Brown and his party have become more openly critical.
Ever sensitive to shifting political tides, President Clinton apparently shied away from his past support for Social Security cuts in his "extemporaneous riff".
Examples include the commonly used mean squared residue (MSR) [ 62] and its extension [ 16], or the Pearson's correlation coefficent [ 59] sensitive to shifting-scaling properties.
Like bonds, REIT's are sensitive to shifts in interest rates and may stumble when rates rise.
"Manufacturers are extremely sensitive to shifts in their cost base – particularly at this point in the recovery.
The gains were strong in sectors of the market that have fallen the most the last year, and stronger still in subsectors that are sensitive to shifts in the overall economy.
And that would imply not only that stocks have more room to run, but also that sectors like technology, which are sensitive to shifts in the economic cycle, are likely to do well.
He suggested that fluid-based spectacles, like those promoted by Professor Silver, were more sensitive to shifts in temperature, which made them less stable, especially in the challenging climates where many of these glasses are to be distributed.
Manufacturing has once again proved to be a poor refuge in uncertain times.The crisis is global and manufacturing is more sensitive to shifts in foreign demand than services are.
Social and political forces and events register as specific impacts on the artist, who was sensitive to shifts in national hopes and fears — from common cause with the Boy Scouts through F.D.R.'s "Four Freedoms" and Rosie the Riveter to the drama of the civil-rights movement.
