91.   Critics of the GOP plan assert the shift to block grants and greater state responsibility is little more than a ruse to cover Republican efforts to cut welfare.

92.   Demand for such workers, Berliner said, will decline along with the length of hospital stays and the shift to outpatient treatment.

93.   Despite the editorial shift to the People-like mainstream, the circulation of the tabloids has been slipping.

94.   Despite the obstacles, some government agencies have embraced the shift to the new fuels.

95.   Digital told analysts last week that the sales slump in the quarter stemmed in part from a shift to direct sales from third-party resellers in Europe.

96.   Despite its shift to software and services in recent years, IBM remains dependent on hardware sales.

97.   Despite such efforts, some industry analysts said computer users would be forced toward a new dimension of complexity by the shift to Internet-compatible documents.

98.   Dwyer said the computer snafu occurred two months ago during a shift to a new computer system.

99.   Eastern European leaders are chagrined that the shift to democracy has prompted a sharp upswing in drug trafficking, money laundering and gang control of legitimate business.

100.   Efforts are being made in Congress to speed the shift to abbreviated workweeks.