Phase-shifting is the same process behind noise-cancelation equipment and polarized sunglasses.

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Phase-shifting adds a few steps to this process.

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Discussions about shifting to Phase 6 have been under way for weeks.

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The financial markets are signaling that the acute phase of the euro-zone financial crisis may be over and the crisis may be shifting into a chronic phase or more precisely, a chronic phase with likely acute interludes in which panic escalates.

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They discovered that by shifting the "phase" of light so that the peaks of one wave line up with the valleys of an adjacent one, the two cancel each other, creating "shadows" between waves that are smaller than the waves themselves(see diagram, p. 141).

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They discovered that, by shifting the "phase" of light so that the peaks of one wave line up with the valleys of an adjacent wave, the two waves cancel each other out, creating "shadows" between waves that are smaller than the waves themselves(see chart).

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For a midcareer leader, this may be a time to move back to the creative ferment phase, accepting that the ground is shifting within her industry, that there are no guarantees that her job will still exist in the same form within just a few more years, but that untold new possibilities may exist.

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The implication is that the last phase of the campaign may be like trench warfare, with small amounts of ground shifting back and forth between the two candidates, day by day.

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