Word: turnarounds
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Summers’ endorsement of their plan represents a striking turnaround from a few years ago when it wasn’t apparent that many at the College knew or cared that the historic center of dance at Harvard—the Rieman Center—would be turned over to Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study...
...finally pulling out of its slump, but naysayers point to the fact that employment fell by 165,000 jobs during the quarter of growth and that the job market does not yet seem to be improving. What do you think? Does the growth in productivity signal an economic turnaround, or is this just a false indicator...
Iran, which President Bush includes in his famous axis of evil, may be easing toward cooperation with the U.S. It could be a dramatic turnaround, provided Iranian hard-liners cooperate. The two nations have clashed over Iran's nuclear ambitions, and Washington has accused Tehran of harboring senior al-Qaeda members. The U.S. broke off official dialogue in May, after it blamed a bombing in Saudi Arabia on al-Qaeda leaders based in Iran. But Abdullah Ramezanzadeh, spokesman for Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, tells TIME that Tehran is supplying intelligence services of friendly Western and regional powers with information culled...
...minutes of grueling stickwork and sprints later, the Crimson’s second half turnaround would...
...Shop, Constantine parted ways before the company got pounded in the U.S. by cut-rate copycats like Limited Brands' Bath & Body Works. In 2001, around the time Body Shop founder Anita Roddick described her creation as a "dysfunctional coffin," Lush's takeover bid was flatly rejected. But even with turnaround specialist Adrian Bellamy at the helm, Body Shop's comparable-store sales in the U.S. were still down 5% in 2003 from the previous year. Constantine, 52, says he has left the door open for future talks. "We hold the same ideals as Body Shop, but we've done...