Word: turnarounds
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Harvard came out strong in the first half of overtime, but Columbia grabbed the lead with a turnaround shot by forward Alon Bolokan at 4:40 in the extra period...
...sharp turnaround, and why now? It appears the West's steeliness is % more reactive than provocative. For months, Western patience with Iraq has been wearing thin. Since January, Saddam has tweaked his enemies time and again, counting on Bush, Major and French President Francois Mitterrand to be too distracted by domestic issues to respond. "Saddam concluded that with all its problems, the West lacked the stomach to go to war with him again," says a senior British diplomat. "He saw that as an excellent opportunity to push his luck...
...large industries have been holding their own on the job front. U.S. automakers have boosted employment from last year's depressed levels as buyers, lured by discounts on attractive new models, have begun returning to showroom floors. Betting that the turnaround will continue, Detroit has planned its busiest third-quarter production schedule in six years. The biggest employment gains have come in health care, which remains a necessity for Americans even as medical costs soar into the stratosphere. In a similar way, people's demands for education and other public services have boosted jobs in state and local governments even...
...posted a 20% decline since opening day. In a letter to shareholders two weeks ago, company chairman Robert Fitzpatrick confessed that there could be "no assurance" of profitability by Oct. 1, when the French fiscal year ends. Last week's attendance crush may be the start of a turnaround, but the finale to the park's shakedown woes is still in Tomorrowland...
...Graduate, proposing a ridiculous Graduate sequel. Michael Tolkin, who wrote the screenplay and the 1988 novel on which The Player is based, also appears in the film as a screenwriter. But all the in-jokes are a secondary pleasure, not the essence. Even if you don't know what turnaround means, The Player is a satisfying thriller -- and besides, after reading magazines like Vanity Fair and ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY and watching shows like Entertainment Tonight, ordinary moviegoers are surprisingly fluent in the nuts and bolts of show business. Indeed, ET's Leeza Gibbons appears in The Player as her chirpy self...