Realignment

Faced with a sharp drop in its endowment and a $15 million deficit the society which operates the Bronx Zoo announced what it called a realignment intended to make it "meaner, leaner and greener." ❋ Unknown (2009)

This recession/depression/perpetual funk is what I call a realignment recession. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Afghanistan emerged as a country of sorts only in the mid-18th century, and a case can be made that with the slow-motion dissolution of the former Soviet empire in Central Asia, and the gradual weakening of the Pakistani state, a historic realignment is now taking place that could see Afghanistan disappear on the political map: in the future, for example, the Hindu Kush could form a border between Pashtunistan and a Greater Tajikistan. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This realignment is predicated on a change in political demography and geography. ❋ James Taranto (2010)

Currency realignment is the last chapter of the credit crunch and the process has started right now. ❋ ADVFN Clem Chambers (2010)

Sununu's abysmal numbers suggest that 2006 was not a fluke, but potentially a long-term realignment in the state. ❋ Unknown (2009)

'Cause when we get the music, and its at the top of the charts, it could well mean a political realignment is underway. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The recent trend toward realignment is unique, he argues, in that it has arisen more as a result of deliberate strategy than through organic historical contingency. ❋ Unknown (2006)

That realignment is by now complete — the GOP could hardly dominate the region more thoroughly. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But clearly, these four are headed toward a long-term realignment of power. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I'm not against progress, but I don’t see how realignment is good for baseball’s money problems. ❋ Unknown (2000)

The problem with realignment is that owners are rushing into it. ❋ Unknown (1997)

Bud Selig, the interim commissioner, still hasn't proved that realignment is good for baseball. ❋ Unknown (1997)

Is the owners 'motivation for radical realignment a marketing strategy to attract more fans, or do they believe that realignment is good for the game? ❋ Unknown (1997)

These were natural Conservatives, he said, and "their vote for you has that potential of being a long-term realignment." ❋ Linda Diebel (2011)