Yet the overall shift toward state power seems to be continuing.

This discrepancy has been associated with an overall shift in 2003 from a mainly pop sound to a more rock-oriented sound.

The last section identified some of the processes which have contributed to the overall shift in the geography of manufacturing.

The teachers' union, considered one of Japan's largest left-leaning organizations, has been losing membership and influence in keeping with Japan's overall political shift.

Do you see an overall shift in how fame is achieved?

The overall shift has not been so much from agriculture to manufacturing but rather a steady rise in the service industries, and a fall in primary industries.

Plus, there's been an overall shift away from branded clothes.

TV stations have been impacted by the TiVo phenomenon and the overall shift of ad dollars to the Internet.

NSC-68 was an important part of an overall shift in American foreign policy to a comprehensive containment strategy that was confirmed by successive administrations.

But they said that no overall shift in posture or strategy had been ordered, and that no additional forces were needed at this time.