11.   Muscles alert as a hair trigger, ready to shift balance with every change of slope, with each variation in snow.

12.   More than in almost any other state, union participation in the election could shift the balance.

13.   Most Russian political actions are the result of tough domestic infighting, while foreign and domestic events shift internal balances of forces and thus affect the resulting policy decisions.

14.   Now is the time to begin shifting the balance of the portfolio toward fixed-income holdings.

15.   Prison officials and lawyers for inmates agree that the statute has significantly shifted the balance in court cases involving prisons.

16.   Some members of Congress want to shift the balance.

17.   The military balance shifted against the Serbs, making possible the Dayton Accords.

18.   The new software tool, named Freedom, promises to shift the balance of knowledge and information back to the individual.

19.   The party also wants to shift the balance of taxation from income to energy fuels and to impose a tax on land use to discourage speculation.

20.   The retreat shifted the balance of political power in Washington, and the GOP never fully recovered.