Word: u-turn
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...U-Turn Here HUNGARY Government spokesman Zoltán Gál reaffirmed the country's willingness to host a U.S. training program for Iraqi police after Prime Minister Péter Medgyessy was reported to be "cool" to the idea. The U.S. is seeking to train an estimated 28,000 Iraqis in Eastern Europe over the next 18 months. Gál told TIME that Medgyessy had merely questioned Hungary's ability to host the trainees all at once. "There is not any backtracking," Gál said. Hungary is one of several countries under consideration to host...
...longer looking for dangers all along the road, until we suddenly saw figures running away from a large gas station, and heard long bursts of automatic fire. My driver Karim, who had not fully recovered from the previous day, saw other cars turning in front of us, did a U-turn and floored the gas. I forced him to stop and we checked the situation with oncoming vehicles...
...Asia, perhaps in the world, has survived the number and magnitude of political crises that he has in the past few years. In 1999, as army chief, he crossed the Line of Control in Kashmir by capturing the Kargil Heights. Then he steered his country in a risky U-turn after Sept. 11 that led him to accept America's invitation to break with Afghanistan's Taliban, overhaul his internal security forces and act as host for the war on terror. And this past May he clashed with India in a showdown that risked nuclear escalation; this time he curbed...
...redundant-an idea supported by several of South Africa's black players. But the anc Youth League called the move "sad and shameful" and vowed to disrupt the 2003 tournament. By midweek, however, after a tense meeting between cricket and government officials, the ucb appeared to make a conciliatory U-turn, declaring that the country's 14-man squad for the World Cup would have at least five black players...
...have perfected--on film and in life--is the ability to win you over, to be liked without really being known. He is solicitous. He laughs at your jokes. He is curious without being prying. He looks you in the eye. He even asks your advice: before making a U-turn in the middle of Hollywood Boulevard, he says, "Should I do it?" You ask, "What do you do when the cops catch you?" He answers, "I hand out a few autographs...