Word: turnarounds
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Persistent prodding from his mother, his coach, his guidance counselor and his teachers kept pulling him back in the right direction. But the final turnaround came last year, when Jeremy was killed. "Before that, I'd be out in the street, but when my brother got shot, that was it," he says. "That completely turned...
Although publicly Rosovsky said he is supportive of Afro-Am, Theoharis says that the dean was not truly committed to the department. Indeed, Theoharis says that the administration should not claim credit for Afro-Am's turnaround...
Such behind-the-scenes wrangling is reminiscent of last fall, when many Republicans refused to return one another's phone calls over the budget debacle. Bush's turnaround on taxes and his poor handling of party infighting dropped his approval ratings and wilted people's faith in his ability to negotiate Washington battles...
...This turnaround was the result of deep soul-searching. "After Vietnam," says Lieut. General Calvin Waller, deputy commander in chief of Central Command in Saudi Arabia, "most of the military men who decided to stay soldiers said to themselves, 'We have to do something different.' " The first priority was to get rid of the draft and create an all-volunteer force. By excluding from its ranks those who did not want to serve, the military hoped to get rid of troublemakers and incompetents. This strategy seems to have worked. Says Lieut. General John J. Yeosock, commander of the Army units...
...military's masterly turnaround...