But the earthquake last year -- and another in Chile last week that caused more panic than damage -- seems to have only briefly paused a cultural shift that had begun to take hold in the city.
As museums contended with changing visitor needs in the early 21st century, they also attempted to move away from what had come to be seen as outdated Eurocentric displays and the exclusionary practices of the past, a shift that had begun in the previous century.
But that doesn't stop Dean Zellman from wishful thinking: "I could go for a corned beef sandwich right now on a Kaiser roll!" When Canter's moved to the Fairfax area in 1948, transplanting those salty Eastside deli smells, it was joining a demographic shift that had begun a few years earlier.
But it is clear that in southeast Queens, the campaign unleashed forces that have begun to shift the landscape.
There has been a growing stream of Brazilian startups that have begun to shift focus to the U.S. during the last two years.
That has begun to shift perceptions of women in baseball, said Jennie Finch, who won an Olympic gold medal pitching for the U.S. women's softball team and is now a youth ambassador for both softball and girls baseball at MLB. "They're growing up listening to Jess Mendoza and seeing Justine Siegal coach," she said.
That has begun to shift perceptions of women in baseball, said Jennie Finch, who won an Olympic gold medal pitching for the U.S. women's softball team and is now a youth ambassador for both softball and girls baseball at MLB.
Dear Mrs. Merkel, Germans are noticing the shift that has just begun.
When the government succeeds in further unleashing personal spending, a paradigm shift that has just begun, the PRC will become an even more fundamental driver of global demand.
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, [ 9] which will award multi-million dollar incentive payments to hospitals that can demonstrate meaningful use of CPOE, represents a major policy shift that has already begun to accelerate US hospitals' adoption of CPOE [ 10].
