But the ideological balance on the court that favors the five-member conservative majority is not expected to change.
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North-east Asia, meanwhile, was left trying to manage an awkward five-way balance between a rising China, a weakened Russia, a distracted America, an aspiring South Korea and an uncertain Japan.
But City won just one of its next five games, shifting the balance to the point where by April 8, United led by eight points and had a 95% chance of taking the title.