1.   One potential flaw in the revised legislation is that schools with their new-found flexibility will shift funds away from programs like bilingual education or special education.

2.   The search is on to find new funding for these programs or shift funds already in the pipeline.

3.   But Boutros-Ghali warned that the General Assembly must appropriate funds for a new mission or shift funds from other operations.

4.   Lower interest rates help shift funds from fixed-income instruments to other types of investments like equities, traders said.

5.   The yen has tumbled against the dollar as investors shift funds from the moribund Japanese economy into robust U.S. and European markets.

6.   The dollar was weaker against the yen in thin Friday trade as signs that Japanese institutions would soon shift funds into foreign investments failed to emerge, dealers said.