Word: turnaround
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Responding to public outrage over the Horton incident, Dukakis signed a new law last April banning furloughs for first-degree murderers. Explaining his turnaround, Dukakis said simply, "I try to listen, I try to learn." But the Governor still becomes testy when confronted with the question. During a debate in San Francisco, conservative Journalist John McLaughlin charged that Massachusetts' program allowed convicts to commit more violent crimes. "That's not true," Dukakis exclaimed. "That happened on one occasion...
...course, this turnaround is ominous to conservatives, who fear that Reagan has become senile in his old age and is no match for the skillful Gorbachev. The new reforms, they argue, mask Gorbachev's plan to revive the stagnant Soviet economy and rival our technological capability. What they fail to realize is that a paranoid Soviet Union presents a greater threat to world peace than one that openly recognizes its past atrocities and encourages the expression of different views. An economically weak military superpower would be more likely to play off its area of strength; so America should welcome relations...
...most absolutely incredible turnaround matches that I've been apart of during my 12 years here," Harvard Coach Dave Fish said. "I told the guys that they were going to have their day, I just didn't know when...
...thought they put in a big effort in the off-season and during the season," Hafferty said. "As far as I was concerned, it was the turnaround for the entire program...
...This was a big turnaround for us after three slow years," Captain Jim Hines said. "We start this season off as the ones to beat. We're a lot stronger with several seniors returning from last year's squad...