Word: turnabout
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...quite a turnabout. First, Ronald Reagan reversed a policy established by Congress, the courts and three previous Administrations, by revoking an Internal Revenue Service rule barring tax-exempt status for racially segregated schools. When the inevitable uproar ensued, the President backpedaled by proposing a law to undo what he had just done. Reagan insisted that he was firmly opposed to racial bias; his only concern, he said, was with a procedural principle-the belief that Congress, not the IRS, should exercise control over such rulings. The awkward performance raised serious questions about Reagan's haphazard policymaking apparatus as well...
...fact that the film seems to stand the play on its head is not the result of carelessness or ineptitude. In fact, the picture is well made and well acted. But the turnabout does illustrate how differences between two leading actors' personalities and differences in the demands of two media can alter meanings...
...FitzGerald was bitterly critical of the British government. Reason: Whitehall's unyielding approach to the members of the Irish Republican Army who were conducting hunger strikes in the Maze Prison near Belfast. But last week FitzGerald declared he was much more sympathetic to Whitehall's tactics. That turnabout led the London Times to editorialize: "There has been a remarkable improvement in relations between the British and the Irish governments over the past few days...
...time for action is now," declared Ronald Reagan as he ended a triumphantly successful televised address to a joint session of Congress. And this week both the House and Senate will act. The first crucial votes that may well shape the most drastic turnabout in the Federal Government's economic policies since New Deal days will be taken on the floors of both chambers...
...turnabout resulted from new ground rules laid down by White House Press Secretary James Brady. Reporters would please stay seated and raise their hands to ask questions; anyone shouting at the President would be ignored. Said Brady: "I'm asking you to join us in an effort to restore confidence, dignity and decorum to this institution...