Word: turnabout
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...McLaughlin fumed silently, Princeton's Dave Blatt sank both ends of the technical, and the Tigers retained possession. To complete the abrupt turnabout, Melville, who dumped in a career-high total of 26 points, added a three-point play as Harvard's Mark Harris fouled out of the game trying to stop Melville's layup...
...remains. By going for the jugular, he hoped to capitalize and exploit the popularity he has gained by not going off the deep end over the past four months, which in these times passes for a substantial accomplishment. Yet when so minor an achievement can inspire the dramatic turnabout of political fortunes witnessed since Iran--Kennedy's two-to-one lead now reversed--it reflects a shallowness of commitment to either candidate rather than firm support...
...three-member tribunal appointed by Brigadier General Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Israeli military commander for the West Bank, then reviewed the case; last week it was announced that Shak'a's deportation order had been annulled. Among the "many considerations" involved in the turnabout, General Ben-Eliezer explained, were "the welfare of the city of Nablus and the welfare of Mr. Shaka'a's family." He might have added that the well-being of Begin's embattled government had also been a factor. In fact, nobody seemed happier with Ben-Eliezer's decision than...
...next Henry Kissinger will have his pet mechanized division to send off to the next Angola, thanks to the recent presidential decision to fund the force. The White House, hawkish congressmen and the Pentagon itself are using the fear excited by the embassy takeover to effect a turnabout in foreign policy too quick for anyone to protest. The quick-strike force makes up only one part of the pro-military campaign; a reinvigorated opposition to ratifying the SALT II arms limitation treaty will undoubtedly follow, and new demands for giving the Central Intelligence Agency more freedom to act covertly abroad...
...first step toward a settlement; others predicted that it might provoke the Iranians to carry out their threat to put the American hostages on trial. Then, Mexican Foreign Secretary Jorge Castaneda abruptly announced that the Shah would not be allowed to settle in Mexico. It was a stunning turnabout. Only two weeks earlier, Castaneda had promised that the Shah would receive "a pleasant welcome" in Mexico...