Word: turnabout
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...just one indication of a startling transformation that is sweeping the world's most populous country, the result of a reform program that is even now being re- examined by the Chinese government. Deng, 81, and his allies are steering China through the most dramatic yet peaceful turnabout in a long, strife-laden history. The very word modernization has become a symbol of national purpose as Deng's forces strive to update Chinese industry, agriculture, science and technology, and defense--even China's way of thinking. The goal: the reshaping of the country into a prosperous and confident world power...
...because it reversed one of the most embarrassing foreign policy setbacks of his presidency. Last week's vote sent a message of U.S. resolve not only to the contras, who have suffered some supply shortages but have managed to remain largely intact during the cutoff (see box). The congressional turnabout also reassured other governments in the region, notably those of Honduras and Costa Rica, from whose territory the rebels stage their forays into Nicaragua. Finally, the showdown over the contras vindicated Reagan's strategy of legislative persistence, a political trademark sometimes dismissed by his critics as merely a streak...
...advise Fielding that the "appearance" matter still troubled the ethics office. Martin, who earned his political appointment by helping organize Reagan's 1980 election campaign in Maryland's Montgomery County, insisted that no one had pressured him to change his staff's position. Even so, the agency's turnabout did not satisfy some of the Senators...
This quick turnabout of fortunes can be traced in large part to injuries, leaves of absences and illnesses--a number of thinclads computed last season while suffering from a bronchial virus...
...reason for the unprecedented turnabout is the dire effect the channel has had on the complex ecology of South Florida. The Kissimmee is a strand in the northern section of the extensive tangle of the region's streams and rivers. Some of the waters, including the Kissimmee, feed into the gigantic water system that supplies drinking water for the 4 million inhabitants of southern Florida. Others snake off to submerge the Everglades and nurture its water-loving fowl and alligators. When the 200-ft.-wide, 30-ft.-deep channel was completed and the Kissimmee's annual overflow...